Evicted: Poverty And Profit In The American City

Evicted is astonishing-a masterpiece of writing and research that fills a tremendous gap in our understanding of poverty. Taking us into some of America's poorest neighborhoods, Desmond illustrates how eviction leads to a cascade of events, often triggered by something as simple as a child throwing a snowball at a car, that can trap families in a cycle of poverty for years. Beautiful, harrowing, and deeply human, Evicted is a must read for anyone who cares about social justice in this country. I loved it.(Rebecca Skloot, author ofThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)

'Sensitive, achingly beautiful.' Robert D. Putnam, author of Our Kids