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Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances | Kevin Fagan
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In the tradition of Stephanie Land and Matthew Desmond, a powerful and deeply reported narrative of homelessness, despair, and hope. Kevin Fagan's The Lost and the Found, set in San Francisco--one of the wealthiest cities in America--takes an empathic, character-driven approach to exploring the human side of what's behind the homelessness epidemic. An award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee who has covered homelessness for decades and spent extensive time on the streets for his reporting, Fagan experienced it himself as a young man and brings a deep understanding to the crisis. He introduces us to Rita and Tyson, telling the deeply moving story of two unhoused people rescued by their families with the help of Fagan's reporting, and their struggle to pull themselves out of homelessness and addiction, ending with both enormous tragedy and triumph. But The Lost and the Found is not just a story of individuals experiencing homelessness, it is also a compelling look at the link between homelessness and addiction, and an incisive commentary on housing and equality. Fagan shines a sharp light on this national calamity, and in sharing Rita and Tyson's stories, The Lost and the Found has the potential to change the way we see and help the homeless.
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This is the first book I‘ve read about the crisis of being unhoused. Not just the crisis, the lived experience. The author is passionate about raising awareness and fixing this problem. This book centers on a couple of folks who became unhoused after a series of life events; this is their story. Our government has the tools to end the crisis, but it will never happen within the state of capitalist, insatiable greed that we exist in. A ⬇️

JenniferEgnor heartbreaking, educational and necessary read. ***SCOTUS gave the states the green light to criminalize the unhoused in 2024*** 3w
TheBookHippie Homeless is a policy choice. 3w
TheBookHippie @JenniferEgnor SCOTUS is corrupt 😵‍💫 it‘s just 🤬 3w
dabbe 🎯🤬🎯 3w
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