Sugar's Life in the Hood The Story of a Former Welfare Mother

Name: Sugar's Life in the Hood The Story of a Former Welfare Mother
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ISBN: 9780292701953

ISBN-10: 0292701950

ISBN-13: 9780292701953

Edition: 2002

Authors: Sugar Turner, Tracy Bachrach Ehlers

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Through conversations, diary entries, and letters, Turner describes all aspects of her life, including motherhood, relationships, welfare and work, and her attachment to her friends, family, and life in the 'hood'.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Sugar Turner (not her real name) lives in an African American neighborhood in a midwestern city and works as a community outreach director for the local school system.



Foreword



Sugar's Preface


Sugar's Shouts


Tracy's Acknowledgments


Tracy's Introduction



The List of Men



The Hustle: Welfare and Work



The Mr. Lester Chronicles



Mother, Daughter, Sister, Woman



Feeling Blessed


Epilogue