There Is No Place for Us

Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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<b>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> AND <i>THE ATLANTIC’</i>S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America.</b><br><br><b>“An exceptional feat of reporting, full of an immediacy that calls to mind Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s <i>Random Family</i> and Matthew Desmond’s <i>Evicted</i>.”<i>—The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors’ Choice)</b><br><br><b>WINNER OF THE <i>LOS ANGELES TIMES </i>BOOK PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE BERNSTEIN AWARD • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, <i>The Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Elle, New America, BookPage, Shelf Awareness</i></b><br><br><i>The working homeless.</i> In a country where hard work and determination are supposed to lead to success, there is something scandalous about this phrase. But skyrocketing rents, low wages, and a lack of tenant rights have produced a startling phenomenon: People with full-time jobs cannot keep a roof over their head, especially in America’s booming cities, where rapid growth is leading to catastrophic displacement. These families are being forced into homelessness not by a failing economy but a <i>thriving </i>one.<br><br>In this gripping and deeply reported book, Brian Goldstone plunges readers into the lives of five Atlanta families struggling to remain housed in a gentrifying, increasingly unequal city. Maurice and Natalia make a fresh start in the country’s “Black Mecca” after being priced out of DC. Kara dreams of starting her own cleaning business while mopping floors at a public hospital. Britt scores a coveted housing voucher. Michelle is in school to become a social worker. Celeste toils at her warehouse job while undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. Each of t

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EAN

9780593237144

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

238 x 159 x 42 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Crown Publishing Group (NY)