The Long Fall

"...a homeless woman rummaging throught trash cans in an alleyway..." discovers the body of a murder victim in The Long Fall by Walter Mosley.


A character in the novel thought: "...at least if you've hit bottom you had no further to fall." Books I have read recently often say when you hit bottom you know you only have one place to go: up. I think Mosley's description fits many homeless who "...stayed there because..." trying to move up finally became too tiresome; a losing battle.