"Humanizes the working poor in an unforgettable way."
—The Kansas City Star

“Halpern-Meekin, Edin, Tach, and Sykes take the question of how poor parents make ends meet for them and their children into the twenty-first century. This superb volume uses the best of mixed-methods research to gain insight into how low-income working-poor family life actually is lived in America today. It is the best book I have read on this important topic in the past ten years.”
—Timothy M. Smeeding, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin—Madison

“A rare invitation into the lives of struggling Americans, where we are offered a remarkably penetrating analysis of the trials and tribulations facing the working poor as they juggle persistent financial as well as behavioral challenges. Indispensable reading for anyone trying to understand what makes some poverty-alleviation policies work better than others.”
—Eldar Shafir, William Stuart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University, and coauthor of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

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