OAKLAND, CA, December 22, 2011 (Press-News.org) Richelene Mitchell, a single mother of seven, grapples with the humiliation of public assistance while living in a sprawling Connecticut housing project in her heart-shattering memoir, "Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother". Found and published posthumously, "Dear Self" is an insightful portrait of a former member of 'the 99%' that revisits the roots of greed, corruption, and wealth inequality in America.
Born the daughter of a sharecropper in the South, Richelene Mitchell struggled to make her life better. An honor student in high school, she soon found her future curtailed by an early marriage and seven children. Forced to go on welfare and struggling to survive in a housing project in New Britain, Conn., Mitchell vowed to keep a daily journal about books she was reading, issues that mattered to her, and the hardships of falling victim to the social and economic inequality embedded in her nation's system. What resulted is a collection of intelligent and poignant insights helping others to understand the implications of the cycle of poverty.
Beautifully written and told with raw compassion, "Dear Self" explores the grinding burden of poverty, callous public policies and the dark heart of racism in America. A ForeWord Magazine and Indies Book of the Year Award finalist is a compelling read for people of all races and cultures, especially in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother" is 404 pages and comes in both print and e-book formats. It is available wherever books are sold, including Amazon.com, Kobo.com, bn.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide. For more information or members of the press can contact info@nidpublishers.com.
About the Author
Richelene Mitchell was the daughter of an African American sharecropper in the deep South. A single mother of seven children in New Britain, Conn., she wrote about her year on public assistance. Now deceased, her book remains as a testament to her incredible life and speaks to the many issues the Occupy Wall Street movement stands for.
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Posthumous Memoir Resonates with Occupy Wall Street Movement, Reveals Inequalities Faced by a Welfare Mother
Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother by Richelene Mitchell is a powerful account of the single mother's struggle with poverty and public assistance in the 1970s and begs the question, how much has really changed?
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[Press-News.org] Posthumous Memoir Resonates with Occupy Wall Street Movement, Reveals Inequalities Faced by a Welfare MotherDear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother by Richelene Mitchell is a powerful account of the single mother's struggle with poverty and public assistance in the 1970s and begs the question, how much has really changed?