Table of Contents

• Foreword by Molly Ivins
• Sugar's Preface
• Sugar's Shouts
• Tracy's Acknowledgments
• Tracy's Introduction
• Chapter One: The List of Men
• Chapter Two: The Hustle: Welfare and Work
• Chapter Three: The Mr. Lester Chronicles
• Chapter Four: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Woman
• Chapter Five: Feeling Blessed
• Epilogue

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A former welfare mother tells her story.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Molly Ivins; Sugar's Preface; Sugar's Shouts; Tracy's Acknowledgments; Tracy's Introduction Chapter One: The List of Men Chapter Two: The Hustle: Welfare and Work Chapter Three: The Mr. Lester Chronicles Chapter Four: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Woman Chapter Five: Feeling Blessed Epilogue

Promotional Information

A former welfare mother tells her story.

About the Author

Sugar Turner (not her real name) lives in an African American neighborhood in a midwestern city and works as a community outreach director for the local school system. Tracy Bachrach Ehlers is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Denver.

Reviews

"The phrase welfare mother appears regularly in newspaper articles and is heard frequently on television news programs. This book provides a much-needed context for that all-too-common expression. . . . Inspirational is a much overused term, but it applies here. It's impossible to read this book and not develop an intense respect and admiration for the author. A moving look at the welfare life and a powerful testament to one woman's strength and resilience."