A Framework for Understanding Poverty teaches the hidden rules of economic class and spreads the message that, despite the obstacles poverty can create in all types of interaction, there are specific strategies for overcoming them. Through case studies, personal stories and observations that produce some aha! moments, Payne clearly strikes a chord in her readers, and provides a hopeful message. (As mentioned in the New York Times Magazine article by Paul Tough, June 10, 2007 --New York Times Magazine) on amazon.com