A review by justinabasuthakur
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

5.0

possibly the best book I will read in 2022. incredibly well-researched, Elliott plunges into the broken welfare and social service system of America by following 11-year Dasani and her family for several years. this book dives deep into the politics, racism, and cylical nature of poverty in this country and every single fact feels necessary and significant. while giving such personal accounts of Dasani and the people around her, Elliott weaves in statistics, history, and current events without losing the reader's attention and interest for each person's journey. I so taken with the way this book made me feel - the way I found empathy for, got angry with, and rooted for each person Elliott introduced us to is an experience I haven't had in reading a nonfiction book. it is a heartbreaking, aggravating, and inspiring account of the power of a familial love.