![]() Karp's voice is instantly appealing, and her message that basic respect shouldn't disappear when you lose your home is a vital one. Karp entered the workforce at age ten, supporting her mother and sister throughout her teen years. When a friend suggested blogging about her experience, she started and connected with other homeless activists soon, her story went viral. Taking advantage of Wal-Mart's policy of allowing RVs and trailers to stay in their parking lots overnight, Karp "moved" to a parking lot, spending her days at Starbucks using the Wi-Fi connection to search for jobs. But in the wake of the recession, Karp was laid off after TK years, and, unable to pay rent or stay with her mother and stepfather, had to live in a 30-foot trailer she'd recently inherited. Over the past two years, she has been chronicling her life as a young. At a friend’s suggestion, she began a blog, The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness, which has since been turned into a book. ![]() Despite this, as well as being forced by her mother to get a job at age 10, she excelled in school and had a well-paying job as an executive assistant when she was 22. Brianna Karp became homeless in 2009 after losing her job to the recession and later being kicked out of her childhood home. Raised in a Jehovah's Witness household, Karp endured sexual abuse from her father (who later abandoned the family) as well as mental and physical abuse by her mother. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. In this candid and wickedly humorous memoir, Karp recounts her struggles of going from having a steady job to living in a trailer in a Southern California Wal-Mart parking lot in a matter of days. ![]()
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