Hudson, Kerry
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784708603
- author:
- Hudson, Kerry
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 12.9 centimetres (
- Genre:
- Biography, Personal Memoirs, Nonfiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Kerry Hudson's powerful and personal exploration of poverty in today's Britain is a worthwhile read for anyone looking to understand the realities of life in the country's poorest towns.
Born into a life of grinding poverty, Hudson's childhood was marked by constant movement and uncertainty, with her family living in B&Bs and council flats. Despite this, she has gone on to become a prizewinning novelist, with a life that is unrecognisable from her childhood. But Hudson is determined to understand where she came from, and to explore what it means to be poor in Britain today.
With her characteristic feistiness and insight, Hudson revisits the towns she grew up in, seeking to discover the truth about poverty and its effects on individuals and communities. The result is a thought-provoking and deeply personal book that will leave readers with a new understanding of the complexities of poverty in modern Britain.
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