Hands to Work

<p>In this illuminating examination of our national welfare policy award-winning veteran reporter and writer LynNell Hancock offers an intimate heart-wrenching and beautifully rendered portrait of three women and their families as they struggle to find their way through the new rules and regulations of the public assistance system.</p><p><em>Hands to Work</em> takes us on a journey within the day-to-day struggles of these women describing their hopes regrets and deepest dreams. Hancock demystifies contemporary misconceptions of poverty and illustrates how welfare policy and reform have been conceived offering a thought-provoking look at the most divisive questions about America's neediest citizens.</p>