{"product_id":"hands-to-work-lynnell-hancock-9780060512163","title":"Hands to Work: Three Women Navigate the New World of Welfare Deadlines and Work Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this illuminating examination of our national welfare policy, award-winning veteran reporter and writer LynNell Hancock offers an intimate, heart-wrenching, and beautifully rendered portrait of three women and their families as they struggle to find their way through the new rules and regulations of the public assistance system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHands to Work\u003c\/em\u003e takes us on a journey within the day-to-day struggles of these women, describing their hopes, regrets, and deepest dreams. Hancock demystifies contemporary misconceptions of poverty and illustrates how welfare policy and reform have been conceived, offering a thought-provoking look at the most divisive questions about America's neediest citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynnell Hancock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060512164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060512163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.36w x 0.82d","brand":"Lynnell Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520223854847,"sku":"9780060512163","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fdbf31a-5093-4865-9e9b-56ebc02eeda9.jpg?v=1762884291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hands-to-work-lynnell-hancock-9780060512163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}