![]() Initially finding the place disgusting, he forces himself to follow through. He eventually finds his way to a homeless shelter run by Crisis Ministries. He buys beer for a woman and is cheated out of 48 cents in the process. He travels the unfamiliar streets at night and is accosted by many people asking for money or favors. ![]() ![]() He takes the train there, bringing a gym bag, a tarp, a sleeping bag, and the $25. He chooses Charleston, North Carolina by picking a city from a hat. He intends to travel to a random city with just $25 and no place to live, in an attempt to work his way up to a stable existence, defining that as having $2,500, a car, and a furnished apartment. ![]() ![]() Shepard opens with an introduction presenting his premise that hard work and discipline can lead to material success, unlike the futility presented in Ehrenreich’s books. Adam Shepard’s nonfiction book, Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream (2008), was conceived and written as a rebuttal to the works of Barbara Ehrenreich, specifically Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. ![]()
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