Slightly related to HN: I liked the book "How to change your life in 7 steps" by John Bird. He is the founder of "The Big Issue", a newspaper the homeless sell in Britain. It is rather short, but talks about the issues of working with homeless people.
One snippet I found interesting is that many would invent fake drama stories about why they ended up being homeless ("my wife and children died"), to cover up their own failure.
One snippet I found interesting is that many would invent fake drama stories about why they ended up being homeless ("my wife and children died"), to cover up their own failure.
http://www.amazon.com/CHANGE-YOUR-STEPS-QUICK-READS/dp/00919...