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Evicted by Matthew Desmond is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Evicted about?

From Harvard sociologist 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 stick up after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind.The fate of these families is in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former school teacher turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Tobin Charney, who runs the worst trailer park in the fourth poorest city...

Who reads Evicted?

Author

Matthew Desmond

Publisher

Crown/Archetype

Published

2016

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Sociology, Social Sciences

Rating

4.7 / 5 (9,966 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14