{"product_id":"all-the-houses-ive-ever-lived-in-9781398509832","title":"All The Houses Ive Ever Lived In","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA memoir of searching for home amid Britain’s housing crisis from an exciting new voice in non-fiction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eI believe that Kieran Yates was born to write\u003c\/b\u003e, but crucially, to write this \u003cb\u003evital \u003c\/b\u003epiece of work.\u003cb\u003e I tore through the pages . . . A book I’ll read over and over again\u003c\/b\u003e’  -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of 'Queenie'\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA beautiful exposition of home\u003c\/b\u003e and what it means. Yates infuses such \u003cb\u003egentle care and humanity\u003c\/b\u003e into the exploration of race, the failings of society and government … \u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e' -- Bolu Babalola, author of 'Love in Colour'\u003cbr\u003e‘I read this in two sittings . . . it’s \u003cb\u003eso incisive it’s hard to put down\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Pandora Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wholly transportive and informative\u003c\/b\u003e. With every home visited, you will leave feeling like a welcomed guest, a deeply concerned neighbour or probably both' -- Clara Amfo\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003emoving and urgent\u003c\/b\u003e exposé of the housing crisis' -- Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intimate and fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e. Both a memoir and a social commentary of Britain' -- Annie Macmanus\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWarm and funny. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful call to action \u003c\/b\u003eagainst bad landlords, gentrification and class inequality in Britain' -- Symeon Brown, author of 'Get Rich or Lie Trying'\u003cbr\u003eVital.\u003cb\u003e Everyone should read it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Vicky Spratt, author of 'Tenants'\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eSkilfully combines memoir, case studies and histories of design with harrowing facts and figures. \u003c\/b\u003eThere’s a sense of humour, too, but deep down a rage that reverberates throughout. \u003cb\u003eIlluminating\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, thoughtfully written and damning\u003c\/b\u003e'  * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003epowerful, personal and intricate tour \u003c\/b\u003eof our housing system … exposing \u003cb\u003ewho it works for and who it doesn’t\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP\u003cbr\u003e‘Yates writes with \u003cb\u003eclarity, warmth and passion\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eleaves the reader wanting to march on Whitehall immediately\u003c\/b\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e   -- Nikesh Shukla\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eThis book is so special\u003c\/b\u003e. Kieran writes with\u003cb\u003e warmth and joy . . . \u003c\/b\u003emanages to have \u003cb\u003etaught 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\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Ione Gamble, author of 'Poor Little Sick Girls'\u003cbr\u003e‘Skewers the housing crisis with \u003cb\u003eclear-sighted fury\u003c\/b\u003e. [Her] \u003cb\u003ewarmth and intimac\u003c\/b\u003ey breathes new life into the horror show statistics. \u003cb\u003eYates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny, \u003c\/b\u003eor at least as funny as it can get’  * i *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eSo relatable . . . i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enjects \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea glorious dose of love and joy and hope\u003c\/b\u003e. This is what is\u003cb\u003e so special \u003c\/b\u003eabout \u003ci\u003eAll The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cb\u003e the side notes of kindness and community, told with beauty, folded between the pages\u003c\/b\u003e’ * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e‘Yates is \u003cb\u003ebest when observing detail\u003c\/b\u003e: 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 . . . \u003cb\u003esymbols of belonging in a disjointed life\u003c\/b\u003e’  * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book needs to be pressed into a lot of hands’\u003c\/b\u003e -- Joel Golby * UnHerd *\u003cbr\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e clarion call \u003c\/b\u003efor housing justice and a \u003cb\u003edamning indictment \u003c\/b\u003eof the policy failures of successive governments. But it is also an invitation to consider \u003cb\u003emore imaginative questions about how we should organise not only our housing, but our lives\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003e‘Seething with rage. It is also \u003cb\u003eimmensely readable\u003c\/b\u003e, and at times even \u003cb\u003efunny \u003c\/b\u003e– something I wouldn’t have thought possible’  * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e'Both a \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written, moving \u003c\/b\u003ememoir and a stufy in \u003cb\u003ehow the housing crisis makes and often breaks us\u003c\/b\u003e' -- Peter Apps, prizewinning author of 'Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen'","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836707848535,"sku":"9781398509832","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398509832.jpg?v=1710381174","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-the-houses-ive-ever-lived-in-9781398509832","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}