The War At Home by Pat Capponi - First Edition Hardcover

The War At Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor - Pat Capponi First ed. Hardcover, good condition. Minor wear from reading, otherwise excellent. Capponi’s book is a trans-Canada look at some of the nation’s most marginalized citizens. The book is divided into six chapters, each one representing a different stop on Capponi’s journey from Vancouver, through Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, to St. John’s. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect, such as drug abuse in Vancouver, homelessness in Toronto. Capponi speaks with, sometimes lives with, her subjects and the people who work with them. Across all 6 cities, common themes recur. Sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, mental illness, drug abuse, broken homes, single mothers. Hopelessness. Powerlessness. It’s not a cheerful read. Capponi is non-prescriptive. While she is generally critical of existing societal efforts at aid, she does not offer solutions.