Wednesday, August 17, 2011

330.9759 Reyes, Paul: EXILES IN EDEN: Life Among the Ruins of Florida’s Great Recession

Reyes got his subject matter by joining his father’s business:  “trashing out” involves emptying and cleaning foreclosed homes.  In Florida, in 2008, business was booming. 

exiles in eden

Not an analysis of the housing crisis, but a consideration of the stories of the people who lost everything:  what they leave behind and how they walk away.   Part report, part memoir;  an absorbing read.

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