Poverty of the Mind - Drake, Ricki
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Poverty of the Mind is about how I lived on the street because I was trying to find myself and because I was ignorant and uneducated. Looking back at my life, I can relate to many groups of people that have been categorized as abused in one way or another: marital rape and spousal abuse, child abuse, mental health issues, homelessness, and psychological abuse. Assaulted by a gang of women and beaten down by life, by the grace of God, I was able to pull myself out of that life, become educated, and learn to love myself. SDMom60 wrote: Moving Story of a Latina's Triumph Over TraumaThis self-help…mehr

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Poverty of the Mind is about how I lived on the street because I was trying to find myself and because I was ignorant and uneducated. Looking back at my life, I can relate to many groups of people that have been categorized as abused in one way or another: marital rape and spousal abuse, child abuse, mental health issues, homelessness, and psychological abuse. Assaulted by a gang of women and beaten down by life, by the grace of God, I was able to pull myself out of that life, become educated, and learn to love myself. SDMom60 wrote: Moving Story of a Latina's Triumph Over TraumaThis self-help book would be great to share with teenage girls, particularly Latinas, who lack the self-esteem or support at home to imagine rising beyond their circumstances to make a better life for themselves. The author's fast-moving 85-page memoir tells her harrowing story of surviving childhood neglect, teen pregnancy, homelessness, extreme physical abuse, a bipolar disorder diagnosis and a suicide attempt (all before her mid-20s). Then she found the willpower to survive and succeed through a network of strong women friends in the Coachella Valley, her faith, mental health counseling and her determination to get a college degree. The book's title, "Poverty of the Mind," refers to how she grew up without any intellectual stimulation or encouragement from her parents - hard working Mexican immigrants in Thermal, Cal., who lacked the time or formal education to steer her curiosity toward college or a professional career. As Ricki writes in the book's epilogue, she did become a professional, married a supportive husband, has two grown daughters who are now in college, earned her bachelor's degree in social work and now runs her own nonprofit organization that provides support to the homeless people in Riverside County, CA.
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