Book details

  • Genre:social science
  • Sub-genre:Poverty & Homelessness
  • Language:English
  • Pages:336
  • eBook ISBN:9780979507915

Until They Have Faces

110 Interviews With the Homeless People of Auburn, California

By Robert L. Litchfield, Jr.

Overview

This is the fascinating account of a man who spent almost a year interviewing one hundred and ten homeless people who live in and around his small town of Auburn, California. The stories in this book will change your view of homeless people forever. These stories will make you laugh, they will make you cry, and they will pull at the strings of your heart
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Description

There are one hundred and ten interviews with the homeless people who live in and around Auburn, California. Who is really out there, on the streets? How did they get there? How many of them are on drugs, or abuse alcohol? How many are just victims of a bad economy? Have their lives changed, during these difficult economic times? Where do they look for help? Where do they look for hope? Do they still have dreams for a better life? If you read this book, it will change your view of homeless people forever. It might also change your life. The author says that after he met so many of his homeless neighbors, his own life was changed forever. As just one example, he is now so grateful for all of the little privileges in his life that he used to take for granted, like the ability to take a shower every day, and the ability to get up in the middle of the night and get a snack from the referigerator, and the ability to sleep in a warm, dry bed.
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About The Author

Bob Litchfield is an attorney, an author, a college instructor, an inspirational speaker, and a workshop facilitator. He is a graduate of West Point, Class of 1971. He also has a Master of Arts in English from Miami University of Ohio, and graduated second in his law school class at McGeorge School of Law. Bob has been a candidate for Superior Court Judge, and has served as a Judge Pro Temp for the Placer County Peer (Teen) Court. In 2012, he was awarded the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award the the high quality of service to his clients. Bob has served on the Boards of Auburn Habitat for Humanity, Caring About Kids, and Auburn Rotary, and on the Advisory Boards for Truckee River Bank, and the Salvation Army. He was an Eagle Scout, and has served as a Scoutmaster, and as District Chair for the Boy Scouts. Bob serves as an Instructor of Business Law at Sierra College, where he and three other lawyers wrote the textbook on Business Law that is currently in use at the college. Bob is the author of four other inspirational books: TO BE A GRACEFUL GIANT - A Living Expression of Grace; THE INCREDIBLE SEX AND POPCORN DIET - Making Love Last Forever; HOPE & PUPPIES& GIANTS - A Book of Hope; and THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT FAITH. Bob has been married to his lovely wife, Suzi, for 42 years. They have four adult children, and five grandchildren. They live on five acres of wooded land in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Mountains.
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