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Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
2014 book by Linda Tirado
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America is the debut book by author Linda Tirado. The book was released on 2 October 2014 and contains a foreword written by Barbara Ehrenreich.[1]
Production
[edit]Tirado, a 32-year-old mother of two who worked two low-paying jobs,[2] wrote a message in response to the question "Why do poor people do things that seem so self-destructive?" on an online forum.[3] Her response went viral and was subsequently reprinted by The Huffington Post, The Nation, and Forbes,[3] in November 2013 under the title This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense.[4] Tirado subsequently received $60,000 in donations from concerned readers, and a book deal.[5] The article was read by over 6 million people[6] and led to Tirado receiving over 20,000 emails in one week.[2] She wrote the book while she continued to work at an IHOP in Utah.[7]
In November 2014, Tirado appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher[8] and On Point to promote the book.[6]
Content
[edit]The book attempts to answer many questions that middle and upper-class people have about the w
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