Working from the Margins

After reading Working From the Margins, I have a whole new insight into the lives of single mothers in poverty. The author, Virginia Schein, really gets deep into the lives of the thirty women she interviews in this book. While reading through the book, a reader can really feel the pains and struggles of each and everyone of the thirty women interviewed for the book. Whether one of the women is telling about her daily struggles with her childeren or another woman is complaining about her job, as a reader you start to feel you are right there with these women. You start to feel these women's pains and sufferings. Working From The Margins also is good in that we learn about many different aspects of these women's lives. As you read this book, you find out that there are many different reasons why these women are single mothers living in poverty. You find out some these women work, go to school, and take care of their children without any type of support from family or friends. Some of these women are even going to college and getting an associate's degree or the equivalent. They have a self-motivation that is instilled in only a few people. These women see clear skies when the future has a grim outlook and their sense of optimism seems to rub off on the reader. Overall, I see this book as one that every person sometime in his or her life should pick up and read. Working From The Margins will change your whole outlook on the way you view poverty and single mothers. It will throw away the stereotypes you see about single mothers and people living in poverty. Even if you are a person who does not care about this type of subject matter, I am sure that by the second chapter you will not be able to put this book down. I am glad that I was able to read this and really learn about what goes on in the depths of poverty.