Research Catalog

Title

All our sisters : stories of homeless women in Canada / Susan Scott.

Author

Scott, Susan, 1944 October 3-

Publication

Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2007.

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Description

210 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Susan Scott interviewed more than 60 women facing homelessness across Canada. Part of her agreement with these women was to tell their stories in the way they would want to have them told. With uncompromising honesty and a deep sense of empathy, Scott recounts their stories while highlighting the many underlying problems they face. These include personal histories of abuse, addiction, and violence, as well as systemic conditions of gentrification, a paucity of affordable housing, and a lack of social services sensitive to women's needs."--Jacket.

Subject

• Homeless women > Canada
• Femmes sans-abri > Canada
• Ill-Housed Persons > Canada
• Women
• Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Home sweet home -- The pain and the shame -- A sick system creates sick people -- Drowning in their sorrows -- The hidden disability -- For the good of the child -- Prostitutes are people too -- When first nations come last -- What do you mean your name is Terry? -- The ambulance is waiting at the bottom of the cliff -- Conclusion: Love thy neighbor.

ISBN

• 9781551117591
• 1551117592

OCLC

• 85737455
• SCSB-12095839

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library