{"product_id":"dignity-chris-arnade-9780525534730","title":"Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope.\" --J.D. Vance, author of \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] deeply empathetic book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through \"expert\" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as na?e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: \"a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God.\" This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Arnade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525534733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525534730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019","brand":"Chris Arnade","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046729019647,"sku":"9780525534730","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0608f0c-bbdb-4c66-9efd-07efe573e4da.jpg?v=1684986140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dignity-chris-arnade-9780525534730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}