This book is fantastic. I usually read fiction, but I’d read the viral Cableguy essay online, and loved it. I started following the author on Twitter, and found her observations very interesting and insightful, and a huge change from my rather sheltered middle class life.

Her writing is excellent, and her stories of growing up, and struggling into adulthood are moving.

Reviews in magazines, newspapers, NPR and the like praise this book to the skies, and so do I.