Pyschologist and advocate for homelessness,Dr. Mary M. McLaughlin shares, "Street Logic is a fictionalized account of the author’s own experiences as an outreach worker to homeless men and women who somehow survive, for a while at least, on the streets of Boston. While we’ve all heard that wonderful song about leaving your heart in San Francisco, like most people who come from the Boston area, I left my heart there when I moved away years ago. I know the city well; I grew up in its suburbs and went to college there."
"Boston is home to many of the most prestigious universities and hospitals in the world and to some of our finest sports teams and museums. It is the location of one of the richest fishing grounds anywhere on earth and it gave birth to many of our nation’s legendary political leaders. So I must admit up front: it was with overwhelming sadness that I read Street Logic."
"Why is it that human beings have to shiver and suffer in a city characterized by so much intellectual strength, power and greatness, living underneath the beautiful bridges that traverse the Charles River, on which such great campuses as Harvard University and MIT are located? Why it is that dumpster diving coexists adjacent to world class doctors and hospitals, renowned restaurants and top research programs, in spite of the city’s enlightened social values and ideals?"
Writing Street Logic was clearly Steve Sundberg’s commitment to “Do something.” It is my hope that readers of Street Logic will be motivated and inspired to “Do something” too.
Author, Steve Sundberg, “My goal was to alert people to the hard core cases, the ones who don’t want to “go in.” He has achieved exactly that: this book is an expression of the daily trauma of chronic homelessness and the intense frustration of very caring outreach workers limited by having so few acceptable options to offer."
