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**New York Times Bestseller 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 AmericaIn this brilliant, **** heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. 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. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Matthew Desmond, Enrique Maldonado Roldn
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers Crown Publishers
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241260852
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, Economics
- Rating
- 4.47 / 5 (18,205 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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