North Oakland Village Nonfiction Book Group Poverty, by America
Author: Matthew Desmond Lively discussion of a nonfiction book chosen at the previous month's meeting. We have chosen Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond for our May book. An acclaimed sociologist draws on history, research and original reporting to illustrate how poverty injures the impoverished and how the wealthiest country in the world has developed a bifurcated system that favors those better off.