Exiles in Eden: Life Among the Ruins of Florida's Great Recession

by Paul Reyes

Book Overview

An on-the-ground, intimate tour of the human toll of the nation's foreclosure crisis While working with his father's small company that "trashes out" - enters and empties - foreclosed homes in Florida, Paul Reyes wrote Exiles in Eden , a hard-hitting, personal, and poetic portrayal of his own family and the people and communities affected by the foreclosure crisis. Grounded in Florida and Reyes family history, and with character-driven visits to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805091238
• ISBN13: 9780805091236
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4"