Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
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Author Andrea Elliott
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Random House
Publication date
October 5, 2021
Publication place United States
Awards Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0-8129-8694-5

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City is a book written by Andrea Elliott. The book took eight years to write, and is the extension of Elliott's original reporting 2013 on the life of Dasani, a homeless black girl in New York city. [1] The book explores several themes, including the failure in the city's safety net and support for those in poverty, glaring wealth disparity, and the cycle of violence. [1]

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Reviews

This book has been reviewed by editors of The New York Times , [1] The Times , [2] The Week , [3] The Irish Times , [4] NPR, [5] The Guardian [6] and The Washington Post . [7] Matthew Desmond, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction for his book Evicted in 2017, wrote a positive review in The New York Times in 2021. [1]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Desmond, Matthew (2021-09-30). "Dasani Showed Us What It's Like to Grow Up Homeless. She's Still Struggling". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  2. ↑ Patterson, Christina. "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in New York City by Andrea Elliott review — a classic to rank with Orwell". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. ↑ "Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott". The Week. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ↑ "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City – Shocking and moving". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Ericka (2021-10-08). "'Invisible Child' tells the story of childhood homelessness in America". NPR. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ↑ "'I read the book out to the girls. It was really tough': Andrea Elliott on writing about New York's homeless children". the Guardian. 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ↑ "The story of one New York girl and the precarious lives of the poor". Washington Post.
  8. ↑ "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott (Random House)". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ↑ "Winners of the 2022 Lukas Prizes Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  10. ↑ "Andrea Elliott's 'Invisible Child' Wins Bernstein Book Award". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  11. ↑ "Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  12. ↑ "Finalists for the 2022 Gotham Book Prize Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  13. ↑ Mechler, Anita. "2022 Gotham Book Prize Finalists Announced". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  14. ↑ "L.A Times Book Prizes 2022 - Finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  15. ↑ "Mariana Enriquez, Michael Connelly, S.A. Cosby among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  16. ↑ "Barack Obama's favourite books of 2021". The Times of India. 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  17. ↑ "Here are Barack Obama's favourite books of the year". The Independent. 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  18. ↑ "The 10 Best Books of 2021". The New York Times. 2021-11-30. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  19. ↑ "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2021". Time. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  20. ↑ "Five of the Best Books of 2021". The Atlantic. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  21. ↑ "10 books to help you understand inequality — and possible solutions". Los Angeles Times. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  22. ↑ "Here Are the 8 New Books You Should Read in October". Time. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
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