Theo's household is vividly portrayed, from her grandfather's creative ingenuity to her mother's tenuous hold on reality. (booklistonline.com)
Whether or not this will be possible, it is her art that will be her salvation, helping her to retain her identity, her dignity, and her increasingly tenuous hold on hope for the future. (booklistonline.com)
There isn't one minority group that's meeting all of these benchmarks, and even middle - class families of color have a very tenuous hold on their economic status. (talkpoverty.org)