E-Books →Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City

InEvicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The Nation), "vivid and unsettling" (New York Review of Books),Evictedtransforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
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WINNER OF:The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction * The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction * The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism * The PEN/New England Award * TheChicago TribuneHeartland Prize
FINALIST FOR THELOS ANGELES TIMESBOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE
"Evictedstands among the very best of the social justice books."-Ann Patchett, author ofBel CantoandCommonwealth
"Gripping and moving-tragic, too."-Jesmyn Ward, author ofSalvage the Bones
"Evictedis that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty."-San Francisco Chronicle