Items related to Evicted
Evicted
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
An Amazon Best Book of March 2016: It’s the rare writer who can capture a social ill with a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental tone and still allow the messiness of real people its due. Matthew Desmond does just that with Evicted as he explores the stories of tenants and landlords in the poorest areas of Milwaukee during 2008 and 2009. It’s almost always a compliment to say that a nonfiction book reads like a novel and this one does – mostly because Desmond gets very close to the “characters,” relating their words and thoughts and layering on enough vibrant details to make every rented property or trailer come alive. You can almost forget that these are actual people with actual problems until he delivers a raw jolt of reality: the woman who’s evicted because her boyfriend beats her up; the tenant whose baby daughter dies in a house fire; the tenant who pushes a “friend” out a window for using all her cell phone minutes; the landlord who refuses to fix stopped-up pipes, so tenants allow garbage and sewage to pile up in the property.
About the Author:
Through both personal stories and data, Desmond proves that eviction undermines self, family, and community, bearing down disproportionately hard on women with children. In Milwaukee, being behind on rent gives landlords the opening to serve an eviction notice, which leads to a court date. On the face of it, it may seem easy to side with the landlords—of course tenants should pay their rent. But as Evicted pulls back layer after layer, what’s exposed is a cycle of hurt that all parties—landlord, tenant, city—inflict on one another. Whether readers agree with Desmond’s conclusions for how to break this cycle in order to strengthen families and neighborhoods, it’s obvious by the end of Evicted that there is no easy fix, and that people—some addicts, some criminals—will slip through the cracks. But it should be just as obvious that we must still try.
—Adrian LiangMatthew Desmond is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and codirector of the Justice and Poverty Project. A former member of the Harvard Society of Fellows, he is the author of the award-winning book On the Fireline, coauthor of two books on race, and editor of a collection of studies on severe deprivation in America. His work has been supported by the Ford, Russell Sage, and National Science Foundations, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune. In 2015, Desmond was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPENGUIN GROUP
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0141983310
- ISBN 13 9780141983318
- BindingPaperback
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 18.55
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Evicted (Paperback)
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd, London
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This searing, heartbreaking book tells the story of poverty today, and the people who live itArleen 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141983318
Buy New
US$ 18.55
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd 2017-03-02, London
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780141983318
Buy New
US$ 13.15
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Published by
Penguin Books
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. pp. 432. Seller Inventory # 371999835
Buy New
US$ 14.88
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780141983318-GDR
Buy New
US$ 12.45
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted
Published by
PENGUIN GROUP
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0141983310xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 25.40
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted
Published by
PENGUIN GROUP
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0141983310-new
Buy New
US$ 25.44
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted
Published by
PENGUIN GROUP
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780141983318_new
Buy New
US$ 13.02
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310. 2017. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780141983318
Buy New
US$ 15.05
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted
Published by
PENGUIN GROUP
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0141983310
ISBN 13: 9780141983318
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0141983310
Buy New
US$ 21.93
Convert currency
Stock Image
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 432 pages. 7.80x5.20x1.18 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0141983310
Buy New
US$ 13.57
Convert currency