Categories: Poverty & Unemployment Homelessness Social Discrimination Sociology


Evicted : Poverty and Profit in the American City
4.47 (85,168 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback English
By (author) Matthew Desmond


*WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*
Beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable ... If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book Bill Gates, Best Books of 2017

Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukees coldest winter for years. Doreens 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.

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

If I could require the president to read one book it would be Evicted Zadie Smith


Product details

Format Paperback | 432 pages
Dimensions 130 x 198 x 23mm | 309g
Publication date 02 Mar 2017
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780141983318
Bestsellers rank 64,614