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"...Tells the story of Derek Snook, a recent college graduate from an upper class town who, jaded towards his upbringing and driven by a search for meaning in his life and purpose in his vocation, voluntarily lives homeless for a year. Funny, heartbreaking, and deeply challenging, through encounters with the homeless this story confronts the things society tells us to blindly accept. We join Derek as he asks questions about success. We watch him grapple with his beliefs in a religiously hypocritical culture"--back cover