Bunk #11

Shari Rightmer recounts how she had to lose it all to find herself in this truly inspiring tale of triumph over tragedy. Her husband had died. Her son had been taken away from her. And she could no longer call her house in Beverly Hills her home.

With nowhere else to go, no family to lean on, no money in her pocketbook, and almost no gas in her car, Rightmer managed to drive to the nearest homeless shelter and check herself into bunk #11. She went from shopping on Rodeo Drive and taking care of the stars to sleeping among strangers and wondering what would become of her.

At first, she looked at the people around her with judgment and distrust in her eyes. But these fellow homeless people, the ones she had always considered to be the dregs of society before she lost everything, quickly became her new family. She started to trust and depend on them, and more importantly, she began to rely on herself again. Not surprisingly, life in bunk #11 taught Rightmer a lot about the world, but she could never have imagined how much it would teach her about herself. Readers may also be shocked to discover just how much Bunk #11 has to teach them.