Eye-opening New Memoir Delves into a Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother

Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother by Richelene Mitchell is a powerful memoir of the author's struggle with public assistance

Oakland, Calif. (PRWEB) May 16, 2008 -- Richelene Mitchell, a single mother of seven, grapples with the humiliation of public assistance while living in a sprawling Connecticut housing project in her heart-shattering memoir, Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother. Found and published posthumously, Dear Self is an insightful portrait of an incredible life.

Born the daughter of a sharecropper in the South, Richelene Mitchell struggled to make her life better. An honor student in high school, she soon found her future curtailed by an early marriage and seven children. Forced to go on welfare and struggling to survive in a housing project in New Britain, Conn., Mitchell promised herself that every day she would keep a journal, commenting on books she was reading, as well as what she was going through, to help herself and others understand the cycle of poverty.

Beautifully written and told with heart and compassion, Dear Self explores the grinding burden of poverty, callous public policies and the dark heart of racism in America. A ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award finalist, this book is a compelling read for people of all races and cultures.

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact info @ nidpublishers.com. Dear Self: A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Richelene Mitchell was the daughter of an African American sharecropper in the deep South. A single mother of seven children in New Britain, Conn., she wrote about her year on public assistance. Now deceased, her book remains as a testament to her incredible life.

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