Skint Estate (Notes from the Poverty Line) - Cash Carraway,Skint Estate (Notes from the Poverty Line) - Cash Carraway - kniha z kategorie Životopisy

''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