When the Numbers Change: How to Keep a Household Going When Resources Get Tight.

Something changed. A job. A paycheck. A bill that arrived bigger than expected. Suddenly the household that was managing just fine isn't — and the first, worst instinct is to turn a financial problem into a verdict on your own character.

When the Numbers Change won't let you do that.

Written by someone who's been laid off, stood in a food pantry line, and made it work — and who still pressure-cans his own dinners on a Sunday afternoon — this is a plainspoken, no-shame guide to keeping a house...