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Not sure if I'd recommend reading this book in one sitting like I did, but it's a hard-hitting, excellent read. Add this to your arsenal of books on social justice along with Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow.
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This was an excellent, heartbreaking read. Matthew Desmond has a true talent for drawing the reader into the lives and circumstances of the people he follows in this book, and for drawing links between poverty, eviction, and other health and social problems like domestic violence, drug abuse, and child welfare, so clearly. I will carry images from this book with me for a long time. (view spoiler)
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Update 4/10/17: Pulitzer winner for nonfiction! Adding to my audiobook queue.
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Recommended by Gene Demby
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Aug 11, 2021
Denise Cormaney
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Apr 02, 2017
Christina MOVED TO STORYGRAPH Perucci
marked it as to-read
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