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New Book Speaks To The Plight of The "Broke Man"

Harassing debt collector calls, utility disconnection notices, and vehicle repossessions are commonplace in many working class households. These realities make it difficult for families to make ends meet.    “Forget about filing bankruptcy and credit counseling.  Most of us have been there, done that, and are still struggling with debt.”  Proclaims self-published author A.M. Harris. “Unless there is a credit counselor who can negotiate a dollar-a-month repayment agreement, seriously broke people are basically out of luck. And bankruptcy, the most popular debt solution method of choice these days, is not the “quick fix” solution portrayed on the television commercials.”   

 In Harris’ book The Broke Man’s Survival Guide: 50 Clever Strategies to Use When You Are Unemployed, Underpaid or Just Dead Broke and Can’t Pay Your Bills, the reader is provided with several options for people who are down on their luck and scraping the bottom of the barrel financially.  This book is considered controversial because among many things, it advocates hiding your car from the repo man (in cases where you need a little time to pull your finances together) and dodging debt collector.

 Harris says each page of her book brings new insight mixed with humor and satire, along with quite a few ideas she hopes most readers will be anxious to try.  Most of the strategies concentrate on non-traditional techniques that deal with real life situations.  They range from detailing clever ways to hide from the “repo” man to describing how a broke person can get their hands on free money.  “The book is loaded with advice and tips that are geared toward average, everyday people who are just trying to make it.” Harris says.

 A.M. Harris says she got the inspiration to write The Broke Man’s Survival Guide from her personal experiences.  Harris grew up in a working class family. Her parents struggled to provide a decent life for a family of six amidst job lay-offs and union strikes.   Harris says she wanted to share these techniques with people in similar situations because “they really work.”