Skint Estate: A memoir of poverty, motherhood and survival
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- Synopsis
- 'Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny' KATHY BURKE'Give[s] powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain's current fracturing' OBSERVERI'm a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals - or so they say. After all, what else do you call a working-class single mum in temporary accommodation?The darkly funny debut memoir from the creator of HBO and BBC's Rain Dogs, Skint Estate is a scream against austerity that rises full of rage in a landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows.A voice that must be heard.'Cash's brutal honesty will leave you wanting to make a change, stand up and be heard. A must-read' VICKY McCLURE'Extraordinary ... Bursts with energy, wit and anger' KEN LOACH'The new voice of a generation' THE TIMES'Astonishingly brilliant ... Raw, gut-wrenching and immensely moving' RUTH JONES'A fascinating, shocking look at poverty and motherhood' BILLIE PIPER'A howl of rage ... I loved it' THE IRISH TIMES'The definition of edgy' LIONEL SHRIVER
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781473565685
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781473573901, 9781529103380
- Publisher:
- Ebury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 04/02/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Cash Carraway
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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