audiobook Coming of Age in America: The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century by From University of California Press in History

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Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston; Can’t Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse; violent communities; ineffective social and therapeutic programs; discriminatory local and federal policies; criminalization; incarceration; and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world; Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality.