Traveling Light: On the Road With America's Poor

How far can you get on two tacos, one Dr. Pepper, and a little bit of conversation? What happens when you’re broke and you need to get to a new job, an ailing parent, a powwow, college, or a funeral on the other side of the country? And after decades of globalization, what kind of America will you glimpse through the window on your way??For five years, Kath Weston rode the bus to find out.

Traveling Light is not just another book about people stuck in poverty. Rather, it’s a book about how people move through poverty and their insights into the sweeping economic changes that affect us all. The result is a moving meditation on living poor in the world’s wealthiest nation.

Kath Weston grew up a member of the working class, dreamed of writing, and trained as an anthropologist at the University of Chicago and Stanford University. The award-winning author of five books, Weston teaches at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville.