Adam W. Shepard’s is the fascinating and eye-opening account of the grand social experiment the author undertook in response to Barbara Ehrenreich’s Subtitled “Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream,” chronicles Shepard’s successful efforts to raise himself up from self-imposed rock bottom in one year’s time—a personal odyssey that is sure to inspire anyone who reads about it, instilling new faith in the solid principles on which our democracy was built.