Those Who Wander

Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids | Vivian Ho

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Vivian Ho, while working as a crime beat reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle first encounters “The Drifters” ; Morrison Haze, Lila Scott & Sean Angold when they were arrested for the murder of 2 innocent victims.

The trio was living in Haight-Ashbury, part of the “street kid” culture, who during a drug induced bender shot, robbed & killed Audrey Carey & a day later Steve Carter, for his car👇🏽

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage

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Drawn to understand what drives kids to choose this lifestyle she traces the lives of the trio and others living outdoors on streets and parks.
Very grim, sad & sobering. Seems for most of these “kids” it‘s a viscous cycle of poverty, abuse, drug addiction, neglect and horrific trauma. 5y

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MidnightBookGirl This sounds like a rough read, but an important one. I'll have to keep it in mind for True Crime book club. 5y

Cinfhen I think it‘s more of a sociological study than a true crime story @MidnightBookGirl Ho doesn‘t really shed new light on the crime but does share a deep dive on how kids end up on the streets 💔 5y

CocoReads Sounds good but depressing. Also important. It‘s such a vicious cycle. 5y

Cinfhen It was really upsetting @CocoReads because for some of these “kids” the streets really are safer than the “homes” they know 😭😭 5y

CocoReads @Cinfhen it‘s a sad fact of life for many-at least here in the US. I can‘t speak to the rest of the world but we are definitely failing to do right by our kids. 5y

Cinfhen I‘m afraid it‘s a world wide epidemic @CocoReads 💔💔💔 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Cinfhen Sounds like a tough, but very important read. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CocoReads Sadly, I agree...we are failing there. 5y

Kalalalatja Sounds really interesting! 5y

Cinfhen It really was a sad read especially because of the ages of these street kids and their personal experiences are so traumatic @Kalalalatja @Riveted_Reader_Melissa there are kids as young as 11 & 12 living alone 5y

TrishB 💔😞 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Cinfhen And isn‘t that just insanely crazy. We should be able to do better as a whole species than that! 5y

Megabooks Just started this. I‘m jumping around a bit on the kindle, but I‘m hoping I can settle into this one. Thank you for reminding me about it. 💙 I‘m hoping not to cry too much. 😢😢 5y

Cinfhen I bought the audio narration for $1.99 since I owned it on Kindle too. The narrator was excellent and that helped me settle into the book @Megabooks 5y

Cinfhen Is homeless youth a problem in UK @TrishB I would think the weather would hinder their survival. Out West in the US the temperature is “beneficial” & alluring to these “houselessness” kids. They prefer “houseless” to “homeless” because they consider their street “family” like a home @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😭 5y

TrishB It‘s a massive problem, getting worse everyday and little tent cities popping up in major cities. I don‘t know if it‘s more prevalent in any age group though. It makes me sad and angry. People do die because of the cold 😢 5y

Cinfhen The author mentions the addition of tent cities popping up across the states so interesting to hear it‘s happening across the pond too @TrishB 5y

Reviewsbylola You‘re killing it with the NF! 5y

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