The heart-wrenching and tear-jerking reality of homelessness is apparent in North American culture. “Almost Home” works to capture the stories of at-risk young adults and their passion to escape the harsh realities of life as homeless teens.
“Almost Home” was this summer’s reading for the incoming freshmen. The six stories of Paulie, Muriel, Benjamin, Creionna, Meagan and finally Keith and Jim all speak to the audience on a much deeper level than most college reading texts.
The truth, sincerity and genuine nature of their stories are extremely remarkable and help paint a clear picture of what it is actually like growing up homeless.
Broken up into six sections, “Almost Home” discusses what causes homelessness, where these young adults went, what they did, who they were when they first became homeless and the readers saw progression within the youth as they discovered the Covenant House.
The President of Covenant House International, Kevin Ryan, co-wrote this book with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tina Kelley. When Ryan and Kelley were on campus on Oct. 21, they spoke of goals for “Almost Home” and one of their goals was to portray these young adults who have suffered so much pain within their lifetime, in a true, yet best way possible.
This is such an amazing read for those interested in learning more about how homelessness affects people in our society.
@M_RomaineHarris
