Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America [2023] hardback ZMUSI I buy it for people

I buy it for people so often that I've been known to give girlfriends two copies

this picture book is sure to enchant its little readers and gently introduces toddlers to a lifelong skill: persevering and not giving up

Praise for Ben Okri:

while explaining how the photographs have been misconstrued or misidentified

Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America [2023] hardback ZMUSI I buy it for peopleA searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Evicted The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments and extensive relief programs. Why is there so much scarcity in this land of dollars? In Poverty, by America,