Finance for the Fiercely Broke isn’t another pastel-toned budgeting workbook or personal finance sermon masquerading as empowerment. It’s a raw, radically pragmatic survival guide for those navigating capitalism with grit, rage, and a grocery receipt that won't stop unfurling. If you’ve ever had to calculate overdraft penalties before breakfast, declined plans without explaining your bank balance, or made a meal out of expired pantry chaos—this book is your people.

Structured across 30 punch-in-the-gut chapters, this isn’t about how to get rich—it’s about how to stay standing. You’ll learn to game your credit score without internalizing moral shame, meal plan without powdered sadness, and budget starting from zero—not from some fantasy of a $60K safety net. It covers every financial hellhole that the personal finance world loves to ignore: rent scams, bank fees as class warfare, side hustle burnout, emergency funds for people who are already in crisis, and the deeply strategic act of saying no without explaining your tax bracket.

This book isn’t cute. It’s useful. It's for people who fix appliances with YouTube and rage, who understand that minimalism is a rich person’s game, and who know joy can come from dollar store glitter and mutual aid—not from passive income pipelines. It's frugality without shame theater. Strategy without spreadsheets. Autonomy without apology.

If you’re broke and brilliant, tired but defiant, this book will not fix capitalism—but it will help you survive it, outwit it, and maybe, on your best days, even laugh at it.