In 2002 Kelly Sangree got fired. She was eight months pregnant, her (now-ex) husband earned only a quarter of what she did – and they’d already been having trouble paying the bills.
The couple struggled financially and ultimately broke up. Due to health issues (hers and a daughter’s) Sangree moved in with her parents and scrambled to contribute to the household while paying off debt accumulated during her marriage.
Sangree wrote a book about her experiences. If you’re facing reduced income for any reason – job loss, rapid debt repayment, an entrepreneurial dream – then “Hard Core Poor: A Book On Serious Thrift” can help.
If you’re already pretty frugal, a lot of this material might seem obvious. But if you’ve never had to pinch pennies, or if you know someone who is new to the frugal life (whether through choice or circumstance), then this book could be a great help.
The winner gets a choice between the hard copy or the Kindle edition.
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The deadline is 7 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Jan. 20. If I don’t hear back from the winner by 7 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Jan. 21, I’ll pull another name.
I would love to read this. If I win, I would like the hard copy – and I promise to pass it forward via paperbackswap. 🙂
We have been trying to live the life of hard core poor to try and pay off debt. However, with the cost of food, utilities on the rise and now increased health insurance payments, it is getting possible. Any help, via the book, would be a God-send. Thank you.
would love to get this both for myself and my daughter – thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to read her story and how she was able to get through those difficult times in her life.
You come up with the most amazing giveaways. I haven’t received my last win yet – but this book sounds worth trying again!
Would love to read and pass on to my graduate student niece who’s learning to stretch a penny!
I’d like to read this book.
I follow you on Facebook, too.
And I receive your emails.
I’ve got two 20-somethings who could use this book!
My daughter is in serious College debt. She lives at home with me so she can pay her loans. She is hoping to move out one day but cannot seem to budget her money. This would be a good book for her.
Thanks for the give-away. Have a good weekend.
Hi. Sounds like a great book! I signed up for feedburner and twitter. Plus I am leaving this comment. Yay!
I did all three, so I can leave 3 comments. Double (or should I say, triple) yay!
Third comment. Finger crossed.
This could be the kick in the backside I need.
I would love my two daughters to read this.
Sounds like a great book. Still working on my frugal life 3 years into a 50% pay cut. Think this would help.
Would love this book! I have a newly married granddaughter who could use it.
I’m following your advice (about the extreme things that frugal people do) and entering lots of giveaways! But, I also want to read this book:)
Each chapter looks like it would have nuggets of information that I could learn from. I’d love to win the book.
I also signed up via email.
Would love to read this! Yes please!
2015 is the year the debt goes down. Please enter me.
I subscribe via email
I thank God I’m not in that situation, but I would like to help others.
Enter me please.
I would welcome the opportunity to read this and share with others! Happy Friday!
This sounds like a book worth reading.
this sounds like me! please enter me, thanks and take care.
I would love to read this story. As someone that has struggled many years in debt like others, maybe she can give me some pointers on how to be a better saver.
I would like to read this.
Why can the work world be so hard on pregnant women? This would be a great read.
I definitely could benefit from this book. Hope I win!
We need to prepare for a more frugal lifestyle in the next few years when we retire. I think this would be an excellent way to learn more about how to do that. 🙂 Thanks!
I’d love to snag a copy of this!
My daughter needs to read this book.
I would love to read this book! Sounds fantastic!
Sounds like a super book – would love a chance to read it
My grandson would definitely profit from this book (pun intended.)
I have a daughter getting married in March and could use this book
This sounds like an interesting book.
Hardcore poor??? I’m in, lol.
I’m always looking for new ideas!
Would like to read this.
any advice is always welcome!
I am writing this comment as I dig into my second bowl of morph soup. Thanks for another great giveaway opportunity!
Could use some help. Have 100+ in parent plus loans
Sounds interesting.
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I follow via email
Thanks for the giveaway — would love to read this
Me too! Sounds like I could learn from this book.
Sounds like lots of daughters could use this book, mine included.
I follow on FB, too. I would share this book. I could use the info and inspiration and then I will pass it along.
Today I read your post in my email (follow there, too)
Lastly, I follow on Twitter, too. Definitely am sure to get my Donna fix. Thanks, as always, for the giveaway.
Even though i’m thrifty, i’m not so sure i’m frugal. (Or vice versa?) So, this would be a wonderful help. I’d prefer this on Kindle, if i’m lucky enough to win. Thanks for the chance!
I would love this.
And I get your emails as well.
Me too!
Thanks. I’m always interested in your posts and giveaway’s are fun.
I can always use more tips and help in my quest for freedom of debt.Thank you so much for having this contest, which will surely help out someone..
I’m an email subscriber..
I follow on Twitter…
I would hope, if I would win, that I would learn a few new things that I could use. The hard copy would be nice as I don’t have a kindle or tablet.
I follow by email. This book sounds very helpful
I also follow on Twitter. Thanks for all of the good information!
I need all the help I can get since I have been unemployed for the last 7 months (my choice so no unemployment). I think I live frugally but I can always use help.
I subscribe to Surviving and Thriving via email.
I also follow on Facebook.
I love the title of this thing! Sign me up!
……And I follow you via email, so sign me up again….
…….AND sign me up again since I follow you on Facebook. Good luck, me!
I follow on Facebook.
I follow on email.
I follow by subscription.
If I win, please make mine a hardcopy.
I’d love to read this! With baby #2 on the way, I can use some more frugal ideas. I subscribe via email.
I also follow you on Twitter (@kchowy)!
And I like you on Facebook 😉
I’d love to read this. It sounds very inspiring.
This sounds like a great book that would certainly help, and I know MANY people who I could pass it on to! I subscriby by email, and love your work
Trying to kick that last credit card debt. Sounds like this book would help.
I receive your emails, which is where I read this.
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I’d love the hard copy please. Fingers crossed.
This sounds like a great read.
This book sounds amazing and I think that I would really enjoy reading it.
Would love to win!
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And I subscribe.
I love reading thrifty tips, please enter me in the drawing.
I follow you by email.
I also follow you via twitter. Thanks for another opportunity to wiln!
I would like to read the hard copy. Sounds like a great book.
I subscribe via email.
I subscribe via email. I know several people who would love to read this after I am finished. What a great prize!!
I could use this book right now, I’m trying to get out of some serious debt. This book would help me to live frugal.
I would love to read this. Thank you for the review and giveaway.
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I follow on facebook and twitter
I’d like this book to donate to my small-town library. It would be a great resource for folks in our town to read.
I follow you by email and would love to win. I very much enjoy your giveaways and think if I won this book it would be a great one to share with others.
I work with some local charities and am constantly reminded of how my newly frugal lifestyle (five years frugal) is allowing my family the security of our current safety net of a healthy emergency fund.
I follow you by Facebook also.
In dire straits.This book would be very beneficial.Truly hope I am chosen to win. I will give this to another person I know in need when finished. Thank you.
Sounds like a great read. Pick me!
Always love to read books about people overcoming tough times. I subscribe via RSS feed and follow s and T on Facebook.
I follow you on Facebook.
I also follow you via email.
I’m an email subscriber.
This would be me—I’d love to see how she handled it!
I’m always looking for ways to pinch some pennies!
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I would really like to win this book.
I would love to read this book. I am struggling on a fixed income. I could use any ideas.
I also subscribe via email!
I enjoy your blog and I follow you on facebook. This book sounds like it may contain some good tips.
Sounds like an interesting read, thanks for the chance to win!
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I follow on Facebook as well. Longtime follower but I haven’t won anything yet, fingers crossed. Good luck everyone!
Sasha
I follow on email. I would love to have a hard copy of this book.
Sounds like my kind of book.
I too would like to know how to pay off debt on a small income. Bankruptcy on debts knowingly acquired just doesn’t seem right and should be avoided if at all possible.
Still hoping for lightning to strike thrice in the same place. I am non-voluntarily retired since 2009 due to my office closing. I follow your column, Surviving and Thriving.
I also follow you on Facebook. I hope that if I won this book, it might show me a way to save up for the #1 on my bucket list—a trip to the Talkeetna Bachelor Auction in 2015—on a very limited income.
I want this for my stepson. He’s new to the frugal world, and it’s about to get much worse – his student loans kick in in a few months. I don’t think he believes me when I give him my best advice. Which he should take, because I learned a lot from the best women in the biz: Jane Bryant Quinn, Gail Vaz Oxlade, and Hers Truly, Donna Freedman.
Yes, please, and will share it with others who need help like I do.
Would be an interesting read. We’ve done our best to be thrifty, but there is so much to learn – especially from those who have come out the other side.
I’ve been wanting to read this book…I’d get the hardcover, to add to my ‘frugal bookshelf.’
I subscribe via e-mail
Donna, I only follow you here, because I can’t get myself to trust Twitter, Facebook, etc. I cannot forget “the Zuck” saying “People are stupid.” After hearing that, Facebook had a whole different expression, in my mind.
I would love to win this book for a friend who has been reintroduced to poverty from circumstances out of his control. The last time he was this poor, he was a student scraping by on part-time jobs and frugality. That was too many decades ago, and I’d bet the landscape has altered so much since then, maybe even beyond recognition. Nowadays, even living in an RV costs more than it did back then.
I just subscribed, so here’s hoping!
I would love to win!
Sounds like an interesting read!
Timely, and much needed!
I hope it’s not too late to enter!
Of course, I follow you on Facebook, Donna.
I would love to win this book!
My husband just started a new career, but the pay is about 30% less than his previous employment. We live in a high COLA state. I’m frugal, but I’m sure a book like this could help me hone my tightwad skills! Even if I don’t win I will check it out from the library.
This would be so rad to win and read! Thanks for the chance to 🙂