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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn's Tightrope : American Reaching for Hope

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a personal and harrowing look at the pervasive problems of poverty, drug abuse, and rising death rate in America through the stories of the people in America's forgotten towns. What they discover is a problem that goes far beyond unemployment or personal choice: they discover America's great social depression.What Does this Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?Summary of the original bookEasily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideasA wealth of statistics on poverty, homelessness, incarceration, and their underlying causesA thought-provoking analysis on how we got here and how we can truly make America great againIn-depth Editorial Review & AnalysisBackground on Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunnAbout the Original Book:Tightrope is an unflinching, personal, statistical, and political account of the problems that have plagued America over the last half-century and how the authors believe we can solve them. Ranging from mass incarceration to homelessness, the opioid crisis and rampant poverty, husband and wife team Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn use intensely personal stories of people they spent time with, and some Nicholas grew up with, to paint a vivid picture of the faces that stand behind the facts.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Tightrope Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.


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