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By Diane Nilan - HEAR US Inc.
The array of books about homelessness can be confusing. You want to know the truth. My recommendations are based on my more than 3 decades of direct service, advocacy and research in the world of homelessness.
I offer the unique perspective as someone who has, since 2005, been traveling the backroads of America chronicling family and youth homelessness, interviewing scores of true experts--those who experienced it. My award-winning, one-woman nonprofit organization, HEAR US Inc., has filmed and produced dozens of short documentaries from across the country. I've also written books on homelessness. I've given presentations from Columbia University to Congress and beyond.
This is the place for straight talk on family/youth homelessness and related poverty issues. Let me know what you think!
The Three Melissas
Diana Bowman,
Diane Nilan
Paperback
$15.00
$13.95
An unprecedented book filled with practical advice from 3 Melissas, moms who've experienced homelessness. Co-author Diana Bowman.
Dismazed and Driven
Diane D Nilan,
Max Donnelley,
Chad Bruce
Paperback
$20.00
My latest, and greatest, book to give readers a compelling look at family homelessness through my eyes and video camera lens. Reviewer Parker J. Palmer remarked: "The book takes the 'blue highways' genre to new depths by lifting up, in lively prose, one of most critical moral-political issues we face. She addresses our growing homeless crisis with human-scale stories about parents and kids that will first break your heart, then move you to act."
Crossing the Line
Diane D Nilan
Paperback
$18.95
My first book on homelessness still makes me proud! I wrote it to give readers a glimpse into those called "the homeless," people with stories I came to know as I ran shelters. It's a reader-friendly book filled with iconic stories.
Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness
Christopher Hudson,
Diane Nilan,
Yvonne Vissing
Paperback
$56.34
Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness offers a comprehensive look at family housing distress related to the homelessness epidemic in the United States. This book explores the causes and consequences of this epidemic and proposes drastic changes in America’s historically ill-fated approach to family homelessness.
Still Left Out In America
Pat LaMarche
Paperback
$19.95
$18.55
Pat LaMarche gives you compelling, heart-wrenching story after story of homelessness, without the BS of blaming the person.
HEAR US Inc., since 2005, giving voice and visibility to families and youth experiencing homelessness.