Title: Our sheltered lives
Description: "Most Americans live sheltered lives, claiming a place to call home that offers relative security. But tens of thousands live without shelter or a home. Our Sheltered Lives tells the stories of homeless men who temporarily inhabit a sheltered place, the Albuquerque Opportunity Center. Aided by the staff, some find permanent housing, some gain benefits from social services, and some return to the streets. A few die there. Told through the eyes of a volunteer, the book chronicles the lives of typical homeless men during a transitional time in their lives, a time that proved to be a transitional time for the author as well. Fred Bales, a professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, has been retired in Albuquerque since 2005, when he began volunteering at the Albuquerque Opportunity Center."--
Subjects: Homeless men, Homelessness, Shelters for the homeless, Volunteers, Biography, Volunteer workers in social service, Older volunteers in social service, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Albuquerque Opportunity Center (N.M.)
Places: New Mexico, Albuquerque, Albuquerque (N.M.)
People: Fred Bales