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A review by soupply
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
2.0
I think I may be a little too left-wing for this.
Perhaps I am meant to have some kind of suspension of disbelief? After all, it is a children's book, but I cannot ignore the fact that this kid literally recounts all of his mum's crimes (and there are a lot of them) for the past year directly to a police officer and she DOESN'T get her arrested? Maybe the police in Canada is actually interested in helping homeless people? Well, I might have been able to convince myself of that if it weren't for a few quick google searches which proved that idea very wrong. This book attempts to show what life is like for homeless people whilst completely ignoring the violence they experience from the police and other authorities. It feels badly-researched at best and like blatant copaganda at worst. Disappointing.
Perhaps I am meant to have some kind of suspension of disbelief? After all, it is a children's book, but I cannot ignore the fact that this kid literally recounts all of his mum's crimes (and there are a lot of them) for the past year directly to a police officer and she DOESN'T get her arrested? Maybe the police in Canada is actually interested in helping homeless people? Well, I might have been able to convince myself of that if it weren't for a few quick google searches which proved that idea very wrong. This book attempts to show what life is like for homeless people whilst completely ignoring the violence they experience from the police and other authorities. It feels badly-researched at best and like blatant copaganda at worst. Disappointing.