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

5.0

Well-researched and well-written, Evicted documents how eviction works in poor neighborhoods in Milwaukee by following several families as they live their lives and go through the process of losing and finding housing. The personal accounts were interesting, but the part I found most fascinating was the epilogue, where Matthew Desmond describes how he went about gathering all the stories, including living in the neighborhoods he writes about and getting to know the residents. He has several insights about perception and how his identity (race, gender, background, etc) colored the things he was told and allowed to witness, and he talks about how he attempted to compensate for those factors. Overall a really thought-provoking book with important subject material, highly recommend.