All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us
Autor Kieran Yatesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 apr 2023
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We've all had our share of dodgy landlords, mould and awkward house shares. But journalist Kieran Yates has had more than most: by the age of twenty-five she'd lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales.
In prose that sparkles with humour and warmth, Yates charts the heartbreaks and joys of a life spent navigating the chaos of the housing system. Drawing on interviews with marginalised tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back – finding beauty in the wreckage of a broken system, friendships in cramped housing conditions, and home even in the most fragile circumstances.
All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change, a gorgeous coming-of-age story and a love letter to home in all its forms.
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‘Illuminating, thoughtfully written, damning’ OBSERVER
‘I read this in two sittings . . . so incisive it's hard to put down’ PANDORA SYKES
‘A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Stunning’ BOLU BABALOLA, author of Honey & Spice
‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope' BIG ISSUE
‘Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny’ i
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781398509832
ISBN-10: 1398509833
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN-10: 1398509833
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
Recenzii
‘I believe that Kieran Yates was born to write, but crucially, to write this vital piece of work. I tore through the pages . . . A book I’ll read over and over again’
'A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Yates infuses such gentle care and humanity into the exploration of race, the failings of society and government … Stunning'
‘I read this in two sittings . . . it’s so incisive it’s hard to put down’
'Wholly transportive and informative. With every home visited, you will leave feeling like a welcomed guest, a deeply concerned neighbour or probably both'
'A moving and urgent exposé of the housing crisis'
'Intimate and fascinating. Both a memoir and a social commentary of Britain'
'Warm and funny. A powerful call to action against bad landlords, gentrification and class inequality in Britain'
Vital. Everyone should read it
‘Skilfully combines memoir, case studies and histories of design with harrowing facts and figures. There’s a sense of humour, too, but deep down a rage that reverberates throughout. Illuminating, thoughtfully written and damning'
‘A powerful, personal and intricate tour of our housing system … exposing who it works for and who it doesn’t’
‘Yates writes with clarity, warmth and passion and leaves the reader wanting to march on Whitehall immediately’
‘This book is so special. Kieran writes with warmth and joy . . . manages to have taught me ten million things while also making me fall in love with Kieran and her family - weaving together activism with storytelling in the most gorgeous way’
‘Skewers the housing crisis with clear-sighted fury. [Her] warmth and intimacy breathes new life into the horror show statistics. Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny, or at least as funny as it can get’
‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope. This is what is so special about All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: the side notes of kindness and community, told with beauty, folded between the pages’
‘Yates is best when observing detail: the gold-coloured plastic tissue boxes beloved of diasporan Indian households; the houseplants favoured by her fellow millennials; the “anonymous boys in Calvin Klein boxers” in her house-share kitchen . . . symbols of belonging in a disjointed life’
'This book needs to be pressed into a lot of hands’
'A clarion call for housing justice and a damning indictment of the policy failures of successive governments. But it is also an invitation to consider more imaginative questions about how we should organise not only our housing, but our lives'
‘Seething with rage. It is also immensely readable, and at times even funny – something I wouldn’t have thought possible’
'Both a beautifully written, moving memoir and a stufy in how the housing crisis makes and often breaks us'
Descriere
A memoir of searching for home amid Britain’s housing crisis from an exciting new voice in non-fiction