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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Hardcover

Desmond, Matthew

 
9780241260852: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 024126085X ISBN 13: 9780241260852
Publisher: Allen Lane, 2016

Synopsis

'Essential. A compelling and damning exploration of the abuse of one of our basic human rights: shelter.' Owen Jones

Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen's home is so filthy her family call it 'the rat hole'. Lamar, a wheelchair-bound ex-soldier, tries to work his way out of debt for his boys. Scott, a nurse turned addict, lives in a gutted-out trailer. This is their world. And this is the twenty-first century: where fewer and fewer people can afford a simple roof over their head.

From abandoned slums to shelters, eviction courts to ghettoes, Matthew Desmond spent years living with and recording the stories of those struggling to survive - yet who won't give up. A work of love, care and humanity, Evicted reminds us why, without a home, nothing else is possible. It is one of the most necessary books of our time.

'This is an extraordinary and crucial piece of work. Read it. Please, read it' - Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family

'Sensitive, achingly beautiful' - Robert D. Putnam, author of Our Kids

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About the Author

2015 MacArthur 'Genius' award winner Matthew Desmond is an associate professor of sociology and social science at Harvard University and co-director of the Justice and Poverty Project. He is the author of the award-winning book On The Fireline and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and Chicago Tribune.

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Publisher
Allen Lane
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
024126085X
ISBN 13 
9780241260852
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
432