Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

432 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
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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. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The Nation), "vivid and unsettling" (New York...

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dark 21%
tense 12%
hopeful 5%
inspiring 5%
adventurous 1%

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