Goldstone examines the plight of the working homeless, those working full-time, who still can’t afford to rent. He examines the dire results of gentrification, creating a scarcity in affordable housing, as well as the lack of government aid and the ineffective bureaucratic mess they must navigate to try to get some kind of relief. He follows 5 families and their plights and their degradation and feeling of total powerlessness, yet having hope that things will get better. He’s an excellent non-fiction writer. It was heart breaking, enlightening and riveting. The diminished federal funding for the working poor makes me question and feel outraged that we’re spending billions and billions of dollars on far reaching wars. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for giving me the opportunity to read this advanced copy.