Innocent
Subtitle: confessions of a welfare mother
By: by B. Morrison
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Apprentice House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781934074657
Subjects: Social conditions; Single mothers; Welfare recipients; Biography
Description: Growing up in a prosperous neighborhood, B. Morrison was taught that poverty was a product of laziness and public assistance programs only rewarded irresponsibility. However, when her marriage soured, she abruptly found herself an impoverished single mother. Disowned by her parents and facing destitution for herself and her two small sons, she was forced to accept the handout so disdained by her parents and their world: welfare. This dramatic memoir tells how one woman finds and grasps the lifeline that ultimately enables her to become independent.--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Secrets; title: Choices; title: Found; title: Sense; title: Families; title: Rules; title: Barter; title: Invisible; title: Patience; title: Emergencies; title: Muddy River; title: Motherless children; title: Small claims; title: Appearances; title: Blizzards; title: Crystal Park; title: Touchstones; title: Janus; title: Reach out; title: Mountains; title: Nursery rhymes; title: Decisions.