Recovery from Homelessness

“Recovery from Homelessness” not only provides the tools to recognize pre-homelessness, it also guides the reader into specific exercises to aid in the recovery from homelessness, and illustrates the sometimes frantic balancing act of those who live in a limbo existence between shelters and helpers, drug users, well-meaning friends, and authority figures. As one who was homeless himself, Patrick Gene Frank uses his creative ability to bridge that divide.

Patrick Gene Frank is a poet, essayist, and songwriter with a background in teaching and counseling. A former civil rights worker, Patrick is committed to the preservation and enhancement of freedom and justice for all in the USA. A Specialist level counselor and Master's level teacher, Patrick has worked with children, adolescents and adults. Themes of his work include social justice, personal growth, spirituality, nature, culture, and relationships. Many of his political columns have been published in the Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times. He and his wife, Linda (an artist-crafter), have three adult children between them. His late father, Pat Frank, authored the best-selling apocalyptic novel, Alas, Babylon.