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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, book club ideas, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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