1. What Henrietta Gave Me.
- Author
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Strayed, Cheryl
- Subjects
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ESSAYS , *CHILD rearing , *POVERTY , *POOR people , *SOCIAL services , *CHILD welfare , *PUBLIC welfare , *CHARITIES , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Presents a memoir about growing up poor in the United States. The author's memory of Christmas gifts that were given to them by charity groups; Humiliation of the children for being needy; Other government gift that also signaled failure to the children; How the author has a stuffed bear she picked out years ago; How the author and her husband worry more about the gifts they will give their son than what they will not be able to give; Lessons of poverty that she learned.
- Published
- 2004