Finding home

By Sally Ooms

Subjects: American National characteristics, Home, Change (Psychology), Displaced homemakers, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Displaced workers

Description: "When people in America find themselves displaced, what do they do to re-create their homes? And what does home mean to them? The lives in this book span a wealth of definitions. Finding home is about people who have become dislodged from their center, the place they call home, and about how they have righted themselves. Everyday Americans elaborate on how they have solved problems our society hands us on a daily basis. Included are the voices of vets and foster kids, single moms and laid-off workers, retirees and small business owners. These people are doing more than just coping. They are innovators in their own lives. They are prevailing"--Page 4 of cover