--- title: Announcing the BFHP Book Club description: Announcing the BFHP Book Club image: https://blog.insighthousing.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/book-club-web-post-image-1024x354.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/book-club#main-content) [![IH_Logo_Tagline](https://blog.insighthousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/IH_Logo_Tagline.png?width=2000&name=IH_Logo_Tagline.png)](https://www.hubspot.com/) [Donate](https://donate.insighthousing.org/donation-page) - [What we do](https://insighthousing.org/what-we-do/) - [Who we are](https://insighthousing.org/who-we-are/) - [Get involved](https://insighthousing.org/get-involved/) - [News & resources](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources) # Announcing the BFHP Book Club 20 April 2022 [FOW](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/author/fow) [What's New](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/tag/whats-new) Just in time for World Book Day on April 23, 2022, we are excited to announce a brand-new way to engage with us – introducing the BFHP Book Club!  Starting this month, we will periodically showcase enlightening works of fiction and nonfiction that speak to our mission and core values. We invite you to read along with us as we explore such topics as homelessness, food insecurity, racial and social justice, and more.  ![](https://blog.insighthousing.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/book-club-web-post-image-1024x354.png) **Our first title will be *[Homeless: A Day in the Life](https://smile.amazon.com/Homeless-Day-Life-Veterans-tale/dp/1987763114/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=homelessness+a+day+in+the+life&qid=1633463525&sr=8-1) * by Todd Murphy ** We welcome your comments and questions as you read through Todd Murphy’s gripping first-person account of homelessness. What surprised you? What moved you? What inspired you to learn more?  Post a comment on our [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyFoodandHousingProject/)page, @ us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/berkeleyfoodandhousingproject/?hl=en)or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/berkeleyfood), or send an email to [info@bfhp.org](mailto:info@bfhp.org). We look forward to hearing your perspective.  [![](https://blog.insighthousing.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Homeless-A-Day-in-the-Life-1.jpg)](https://smile.amazon.com/Homeless-Day-Life-Veterans-tale/dp/1987763114/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=homelessness+a+day+in+the+life&qid=1633463525&sr=8-1) ### **About the Book ** Author Todd Murphy, who himself experienced homelessness in the Bay Area for over 2 years, gives a vivid, candid, and gripping account of a single day in the life of an unhoused person. Written in the style of *One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich* by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, readers are invited into the mind of a nameless narrator, affectionately referred to as “our friend,” as he navigates the everyday challenges of homelessness. Full of wit, sadness, humor, and insight, *Homeless: A Day in the Life* gives a rare glimpse into a world most of us only view from the outside.  Readers should be advised that this book contains strong language and some vivid descriptions that may be inappropriate for younger or more sensitive readers. We feel that the language used is appropriate given the subject matter and that none of the descriptions are gratuitous or overly graphic, but advise caution, nonetheless.  ### Related Post ##### [Significant progress regarding our plans for a new building in downtown Berkeley, June 15, 2017](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/with-council-all-in-on-berkeley-way-homeless-housing-trust-fund-at-zero) Berkeley officials voted unanimously Tuesday night to prioritize a plan to build the city’s largest... ##### [Berkeley nonprofit awarded $1.2 million to renovate shelter into new adult residential facility](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/berkeley-nonprofit-awarded-1-2-million-to-renovate-shelter-into-new-adult-residential-facility) The [Berkeley Food and Housing Project](https://bfhp.org/) was awarded nearly $1.2 million on Wednesday to convert an... ##### [BFHP Stands in Solidarity](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/bfhp-stands-in-solidarity) At BFHP, our core values are diversity, equality and inclusion.    We are committed to serving... 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