5/22/2023 0 Comments Evicted poverty and profit![]() Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. ![]() Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. ![]() Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the $20 a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. ?Shelf Awareness From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America ? In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge.内容简介 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |?KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION FINALIST? | LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION? |?NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by? The New York Times Book Review? ![]()
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