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bundy23's review against another edition
3.0
Started well but becomes fairly tedious and a bit repetitive after a while… I also didn’t like the dog for some reason. Worth reading for the dumpster diving if nothing else.
iguana_mama's review against another edition
5.0
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Travels With Lizbeth is a candid and thoughtful chronicle of Lars Eighner's three years of homelessness. The author writes very eloquently and with a sense of humor about his friendships, traveling companions, jobs, and hardships. He is a keen observer of people and places and the love he has for his dog, Lizbeth, is heartwarming. Eighner sheds light on the problems that still exist today within the U.S. medical and mental health care systems and debunks common myths about homeless people. He writes without self-pity, yet very humanely about a problem many people would rather forget existed.
A wonderful book!
Travels With Lizbeth is a candid and thoughtful chronicle of Lars Eighner's three years of homelessness. The author writes very eloquently and with a sense of humor about his friendships, traveling companions, jobs, and hardships. He is a keen observer of people and places and the love he has for his dog, Lizbeth, is heartwarming. Eighner sheds light on the problems that still exist today within the U.S. medical and mental health care systems and debunks common myths about homeless people. He writes without self-pity, yet very humanely about a problem many people would rather forget existed.
A wonderful book!
colleenish's review against another edition
3.0
This book was about a homeless, gay man and his dog trying to survive. He maintains that it is impossible to get government help if you actually need it, and gives several examples of times that he has tried. I really hope things have changed.
As a Conservative, I found a lot of the information to be vindicating as it shows how useless it is to fund government programs. As a person I found it sad. Eighner is an intelligent writer, and I learned a lot about Dumpster diving, hitchhiking, and more.
My one qualm about this book is that it tells about who and where he sleeps with people throughout this time. It really wasn't too explicit, but I still found it to be tmi.
As a Conservative, I found a lot of the information to be vindicating as it shows how useless it is to fund government programs. As a person I found it sad. Eighner is an intelligent writer, and I learned a lot about Dumpster diving, hitchhiking, and more.
My one qualm about this book is that it tells about who and where he sleeps with people throughout this time. It really wasn't too explicit, but I still found it to be tmi.
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