⭐This review is being done at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when millions of American households are facing possible evictions in the near future. Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

The Chicago Tribune Heartland PrizeFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE“Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books.”-Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth “Gripping and moving-tragic, too.”-Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones“Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.”-San Francisco Chronicle.

The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.

The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction.

Shelf AwarenessWINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads.NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE.

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