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This book will be released June 10.

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 The digital version will be available on the release date.

 All profits will be used to support the Ottawa Innercity Missions, Street Outreach Program

and those people forced onto the streets.

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Conversations with Street People

Authored by Dennis Cardiff
Edited by Karen Hamilton Silvestri

Writing about the homeless and helping the homeless, has given my life a purpose that it didn’t have before. Documenting their stories will, I hope, introduce them to the public in a non-threatening way. Some panhandlers look intimidating, but that disappears when one sees them laugh.

A typical day for me involves taking the bus and walking two blocks to work. I pass Joy’s spot every day. I usually sit and talk with her for twenty to thirty minutes. Chester and Hippo may drop by to chat.

Most afternoons, depending on weather, I walk two blocks to the park where the group of panhandlers varies in size from two to twenty or more. They don’t panhandle at the park. Like a soap opera, every day is different; some scenarios will carry over a few days or weeks. People will disappear for weeks or months due illness, rehab programs or incarceration.

When I met Joy I was going through an emotional crisis. Meeting her and her friends – worrying about them and whether or not they would be able to eat and find a place to sleep – took my mind off my problems, that then, seemed insignificant. It was – is – truly a life changing experience.

Publication Date: Jun 05 2014

ISBN/EAN13: 0989931897 / 9780989931892

Page Count: 356

Binding Type: US Trade Paper

Trim Size: 6″ x 9″

Language: English

Color: Black and White

Related Categories: Biography & Autobiography / People with Disabilities

 

 

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