Book #21 in 2011

The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, a memoir by Brianna Karp.

The author may have been through some hard times, but it appears that many of the adult ones may have been of her own making. Buying jewelry and international plane tickets while complaining about not having enough money for a place to live? Leaving the warmth and safety of a B&B to wait at the train station in the snow and cold for an undependable fiance? I hope that she gets some professional money managing help for dealing with any proceeds from her book sale.

This amazon.com review snipet sums it up:

I thought this book should have been entitled "The Girls Guide to Bad Choices." It really has very little to do with the realities of being homeless, and frankly I'm not sure that choosing an alternative living arrangement is tantamount to being homeless. Plenty of people choose to RV full time; they generally don't consider themselves "homeless." I've known people who camped on the beach for months who didn't consider themselves homeless.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book, but if someone is interested in the topic, it is an ok read.

2.5 stars