This is a fictional account, based on the author's real, gradual descent into the condition of homelessnes. It is a rough, tough story that truthfully and graphically depicts the kinds of characters who live in this condition and what they must contend with in terms of food, weather, injury, illness, the police, government agencies, charities, and their peers. It is a no-holds-barred tale of what it is like to be homeless. No one who reads this book will ever feel the same about the homeless.