The saying "Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is actually physically impossible, but it has come to mean that to succeed you need to work hard and rely on your own resources. Author Alissa Quart's new book "Bootstrapped - Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream" argues that "...at the root of our suffering is the misplaced belief in our own independence and conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone."
Commissioned by Harper Collins Publishers, illustrator Ken Orvidas created the book jacket that insightfully depicts the essence of Quart's writings.
