A review by glowbird
Gentrifier: A Memoir by Anne Elizabeth Moore

3.0

A fast, interesting read that ultimately became more unsatisfying right at the end. The vignette structure of the chapters is great when she’s examining social issues and living life. But because the chronology is fragmented, when we get to the real meat of the issue, how the house she’s living in came to be “free”, things get confusing. Partly because the local and state government is confusing, and partly because things just barely resolved before publication. Also, for all her punk ire at the really shady way this government profits off poverty, she’s incredibly careful not to piss off the powerful.