Innocent
Confessions of a Welfare Mother

Although my politics are liberal and my attitude toward the disenfranchised is generally sympathetic, this memoir by Baltimore writer B. Morrison was a real eye-opener. I doubt I'm alone in my perception of a certain "type" of single Welfare mother - uneducated, unskilled and unsophisticated. Morris......more

What a charming book. What a auspicious find. Barbara speaks of her life in Worcester, where she got involved in the dancing troupe. She speak of the same street Linnea and I walked, the same parks where we spent our time while in Worcester. She even went to Pinewoods, this dear dancing community I......more

A story by a local author with a mission to rectify the erroneous myth that parents who accept welfare are all ne're do-wells. Barbara Morrison writes thoughtfully exhibiting humor and self control as she remembers what her days were once like. I was so pleased to hear her speak and read from her me......more