The Accidental Buddha A True Story about an Unhoused Man, and American's Failure to Build Affordable Housing for Half Its Population |
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| Author:
| Rowan, Terry |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7378683-8-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2022 |
| Publisher: | McCaa Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Terry met the subject of this book, Walter F., in March 2021, while he was sitting on a retaining wall on the 3rd Avenue side of the Santa Rosa downtown public library building. This spot was Walt's regular perch almost every day. He had been living on the streets of Santa Rosa for almost fifteen years. Terry asked Walt if he would mind being "adopted?" He laughed, said he'd been adopted already, then abandoned at ten when those parents broke up, so maybe he wasn't a good bet for what...
More DescriptionTerry met the subject of this book, Walter F., in March 2021, while he was sitting on a retaining wall on the 3rd Avenue side of the Santa Rosa downtown public library building. This spot was Walt's regular perch almost every day. He had been living on the streets of Santa Rosa for almost fifteen years. Terry asked Walt if he would mind being "adopted?" He laughed, said he'd been adopted already, then abandoned at ten when those parents broke up, so maybe he wasn't a good bet for what Terry had in mind, which was to involve his immediate neighbors in Santa Rosa in a continuing conversation about a living, breathing unhoused person instead of opining about 3,000 unhoused folks in Sonoma as a blurry and troublesome social issue.