Five Old Guys
Five Old Guys by Donald H. Gean, published by Newman Springs Publishing, Incorporated in November 2020, presents a poignant exploration of homelessness through personal narratives. This edition, written in English and spanning 132 pages, delves into the lives of individuals who once found refuge at the York County Shelter Programs in New England during the late twentieth century. The book reflects on the harsh realities faced by those who, despite their struggles, are depicted as real people with complex backgrounds and dreams that diverged from their current circumstances.
Readers will encounter stories that highlight the experiences of the homeless, emphasizing the societal issues surrounding poverty and the concept of home. The narratives reveal the humanity of those often overlooked, illustrating their journeys and the challenges they faced. Gean’s work invites reflection on the meaning of home and the societal structures that contribute to homelessness, making it a significant contribution to the discourse on social science and personal memoirs.
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The Five Old Guys are all dead now, as are most of the once homeless people in this book, but the long sad line, coming up behind them, hosts several million more of our neighbors, all so poor they cannot afford to go to that place we all go when the darkness comes-a home.
These are stories about a few of the thousands of homeless folks who found their way to the campus of the York County Shelter Programs, in an unlikely corner of New England during the end of the twentieth century, but forecast by Robert Frost earlier in the century:
Home, he mocked gently.
Yes, what else but home?
It all depends on what you mean by home.
Of course he’s nothing to us any more
Than was the hound that came a stranger to us
Out of the woods, worn out upon the trail’
Home is the place where, when you go there,
They have to take you in.
They are all real people with mothers and fathers, warts and halos, and not one of them ever dreamed that what they would become when they grew up-was homeless.
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