Linda Tirado - Author of Hand To Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America

So you think you know what it's like to be poor, do you? If you've never been there, you probably don't have a clue. Even if you have been, or still are living on a shoestring or less, Linda Tirado's new book Hand To Mouth: Living In Bootstrap America is a must read. She paints a true life picture of the life that she has lived and takes to task the stereotypes that the haves like to believe about the have-nots.

Talkupy with Annie Lindstrom welcomes Linda to the show on Thursday, November 13 at 11 am ET to talk about how she came to "accidentally explain poverty to the nation," according to the Huffington Post, write an incredible page turner of a book and begin a whole new life for herself and her family. We'll discuss what it takes to survive without enough money, how it turns out that poor people are actually people, too, and more.

To purchase the book or read an excerpt, click here. You also can follow Linda (a.k.a. @KillerMartinis) on Facebook or Twitter.