Evicted

***NEW YORK TIMES* BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF *TIME* ’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE *NEW YORK TIMES* ’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 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. **A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 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***