Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I Who Hurts?
7. 1 Save the Children 27
8. 2 “Livin’ in the Red” 53
9. 3 If You’re Ready 69
10. PART II What Hurts?
11. 4 Cash in Your Face 91
12. 5 If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another 120
13. 6 Born under a Bad Sign 138
14. PART III What Helps?
15. 7 Wade in the Water 159
16. 8 Everything Is Everything 186
17. 9 Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) 215
18. Notes 229
19. Works Cited 263
20. Index 293