{"product_id":"9781496985934","title":"Young Single Homeless","description":"This book is centred around a hostel for young homeless  people.  It tells the stories of several of the residents, namely: Angela, Trevor and Lee, their backgrounds, characters and how they come to be living, in their teenage  years at a hostel for the homeless.  It leads the reader into  their view of the world, through their eyes and reasoning.   it portrays the day to day workings of the hostel, gives insights  into the lives of the residents and illustrates the stresses  and strains that the staff working there endure.  As well as  the residents the book focuses on the characters of two  staff members, Joe, a Project Worker and his Manager Fiona.   The book traces through past and present day, and through  the culmination of events, leads Joe down a dangerous  path towards the unseen world of social deprivation and  crime, and to agonising over social and moral dilemmas. This book could be described as ‘bitter sweet’.  It is humorous  in places, yet is a  touching story which, by it’s subject matter, cannot help treading on  thorny political and social issues, such as youth homelessness, child abuse  and crime. This book (although fictional) has been inspired by  real events and true characters.  To protect confidentiality,  names have been changed and composite characters produced rather than portraits.  There is no mention of the Town, Housing Association or the hostel itself.  This book is not about people living on the streets, but more  about the individual lives of the residents and the circumstances that lead them to become homeless.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173137072368,"sku":"9781496985934","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781496985934_p0.jpg?v=1763667938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781496985934","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}