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Violence
Some
Moderate; the violence of poverty — evictions, unsafe housing, and the physical risks of precarity
Language
Barely any
Mild language; quoted from real subjects
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content in the lives documented
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; drug use in the communities documented
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological devastation of eviction and housing insecurity
What this book is about
Matthew Desmond's Pulitzer Prize-winning work of narrative non-fiction follows eight families in Milwaukee facing eviction — immersing readers in the daily reality of housing insecurity with the precision of a social scientist and the humanity of a novelist. Evicted is one of the most important American non-fiction works of the decade.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Poverty and eviction themes throughout
Drug use in documented communities
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