Evicted by Matthew Desmond audiobook

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

By Matthew Desmond
Reader Dion Graham

Random House Audio
11.07 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9780147526793

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review). In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.  NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama • The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • The Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • The New Yorker • Bloomberg • Esquire • BuzzFeed • Fortune • San Francisco Chronicle • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Politico • The Week • Chicago Public Library • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal •  Publishers Weekly • Booklist • Shelf Awareness WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE “Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth  “Gripping and moving—tragic, too.”—Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones “Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.”—San Francisco Chronicle

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Summary

Summary

Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction

Winner of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

Winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner

A Time Magazine Top 10 Book of the Decade in Nonfiction

A New York Times Bestseller

A Barack Obama Reading List Pick

Huffington Post Pick of Books to Help You Understand America

A New York Times Book Review Book of the Year

A Washington Post Best Book of 2016

A Boston Globe Best Books of the Year Selection

A 2017 Selection for the ALA Listen List for Outstanding Audiobook Narration

Finalist for the 2016  New England Book Award

Finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize

A Kirkus Reviews Pick of Best Nonfiction of 2016

A 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

A London Guardian Pick

Among shortlisted titles for 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award, 2016

Winner of American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, 2017

Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2017

Winner of Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, 2016

Winner of Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, 2017

Winner of Eastern Sociological Society, Komarovsky Book Award, 2017

Among shortlisted titles for Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction, 2016

Among shortlisted titles for Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2016

Winner of National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2016

Winner of Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award, 2018

Winner of PEN New England Award, 2017

Winner of PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, 2017

Winner of Pulitzer Prize (Non-Fiction), 2017

Winner of Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2017

Winner of Sidney Hillman Prize, 2017

Among shortlisted titles for Society for the Study of Social Problems, C. Wright Mills Award, 2016

Winner of Stowe Prize, 2018

Winner of Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, 2016

Winner of Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, 2017

Winner of Eastern Sociological Society, Komarovsky Book Award, 2017

Winner of National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2016

Winner of Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award, 2018

Winner of PEN New England Award, 2017

Winner of PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, 2017

Winner of Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2017

Winner of Sidney Hillman Prize, 2017

Winner of Stowe Prize, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible. 

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama • The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • The Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • The New Yorker • Bloomberg • Esquire • BuzzFeed • Fortune • San Francisco Chronicle • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Politico • The Week • Chicago Public Library • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal •  Publishers Weekly • Booklist • Shelf Awareness

WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE

“Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth 

“Gripping and moving—tragic, too.”—Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones

“Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“I listened to Evicted practically straight through without stopping…[and] Dion Graham’s amazing narration was definitely part of what made it so compelling. He’s…a champion in my book.” —BookRiot (audio review)
“Narrator Dion Graham brings to life the struggles, frustration, and tragedies of the impoverished…Graham solemnly narrates Desmond’s prose and breathes life into the different people presented throughout the book…Graham executes a balancing act of tone and emphasis that shifts among legalese, Desmond’s observations, eclectic speaking styles, and the oppressive nature of the topic itself.” —AudioFile
“Tells a complex, achingly powerful story…Exquisitely crafted, meticulously researched.” —Boston Globe
“Reveals how broken low-income housing policy can make it difficult for people to escape the ravages of poverty.” —Huffington Post
“Gripping and important.” —New York Review of Books
“A vivid, if sometimes grueling, read.” —Independent (London)
“Gripping storytelling and meticulous research undergird this outstanding ethnographic study…Desmond identifies affordable housing as a leading social justice issue of our time and offers concrete solutions to the crisis.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[Desmond] does a marvelous job telling these harrowing stories of people who find themselves in bad situations, shining a light on how eviction sets people up to fail…This is essential reading.” —Booklist (starred review)
Astonishing... Desmond has set a new standard for reporting on poverty. —Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times Book Review
“After reading Evicted, you’ll realize you cannot have a serious conversation about poverty without talking about housing. . . . The book is that good, and it’s that unignorable. —Jennifer Senior, New York Times
“This book gave me a better sense of what it is like to be very poor in this country than anything else I have read. . . . It is beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable. —Bill Gates
“Inside my copy of his book, Mr. Desmond scribbled a note: ‘home = life.’ Too many in Washington don’t understand that. We need a government that will partner with communities, from Appalachia to the suburbs to downtown Cleveland, to make hard work pay off for all these overlooked Americans. —Senator Sherrod Brown, Wall Street Journal
“My God, what [Evicted] lays bare about American poverty. It is devastating and infuriating and a necessary read. —Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Difficult Women
Written with the vividness of a novel, [Evicted] offers a dark mirror of middle-class America’s obsession with real estate, laying bare the workings of the low end of the market, where evictions have become just another part of an often lucrative business model. —Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times
“In spare and penetrating prose . . . Desmond has made it impossible to consider poverty without grappling with the role of housing. This pick [as best book of 2016] was not close. —Carlos Lozada, Washington Post
“An essential piece of reportage about poverty and profit in urban America. —Geoff Dyer, The Guardian
“It doesn't happen every week (or every month, or even year), but every once in a while a book comes along that changes the national conversation. . . . Evicted looks to be one of those books. —Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review
“Should be required reading in an election year, or any other. —Entertainment Weekly
Powerful, monstrously effective . . . The power of this book abides in the indelible impression left by its stories. —Jill Leovy, The American Scholar
“Gripping and important . . . [Desmond's] portraits are vivid and unsettling. —Jason DeParle, New York Review of Books
“An exquisitely crafted, meticulously researched exploration of life on the margins, providing a voice to people who have been shamefully ignored—or, worse, demonized—by opinion makers over the course of decades. —The Boston Globe
“[An] impressive work of scholarship . . . As Mr. Desmond points out, eviction has been neglected by urban sociologists, so his account fills a gap. His methodology is scrupulous. —Wall Street Journal

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Author

Author Bio: Matthew Desmond

Author Bio: Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond is the author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, among others. Politico has named him one of the 50 people across the United States who are most influencing the national debate. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he is also a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. He is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the founding director of the Eviction Lab.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Nonfiction/Social Science
Runtime: 11.07
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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