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A review by khornstein1
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
4.0
This book reminded me a lot of Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. You start out reading a book that you believe will be an essay on the evils of being a landlord in an impoverished neighborhood and then--you get caught up in the characters and their Dickensian struggle to "move on."
I really liked Desmond's writing and didn't know until the end that he had lived in both a black inner-city neighborhood and a white trailer park to write this book.
Particularly heartbreaking was the section on domestic violence. Particularly well-done was the writing about the schoolteacher who had become a landlord, and the struggles she faced with her tenants.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in poverty and American cities.
I really liked Desmond's writing and didn't know until the end that he had lived in both a black inner-city neighborhood and a white trailer park to write this book.
Particularly heartbreaking was the section on domestic violence. Particularly well-done was the writing about the schoolteacher who had become a landlord, and the struggles she faced with her tenants.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in poverty and American cities.