What's So Bad About Being Poor?: Our Lives in the Shadows of the Poverty Experts

Have you ever wondered what it's really like to grow up in the
shadows of poverty and mental illness? To navigate a childhood
where survival means understanding your parents' demons before
you understand yourself? In this powerful memoir, Deborah M.
Foster pulls back the curtain on a reality many prefer to ignore.

Growing up in Reagan-era America, Foster's childhood was a maze of
unstable housing, religious fundamentalism, and the constant threat
of family separation. As the eldest child of paren...