Skint Estate
Notes from the Poverty Line
$31.21
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2020
Summary
A raw, candid and darkly funny memoir from a stunning new voice on Britain’s poverty line, for fans of Poverty Safari, Prozac Nation, I Daniel Blake and Chavs.
- ‘Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny’ KATHY BURKE
- ‘Gives powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain’s current fracturing’ OBSERVER
I’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 ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529103380 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 152910338X |
| Author: | Cash Carraway |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 253g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Explosive, funny and insightful … You have to read it
Explosive, funny and insightful … You have to read it * Stylist *
Visceral, high-octane prose, a cocktail of Irvine Welsh and Charles Bukowski with a splash of feminist polemic … Skint Estate is a full-throttle dispatch from the front line of the war against the poor. * Morning Star *
Cash Carraway’s unique voice, filled in equal measure with rage and inspiration, tells a story of hope amongst state violence. Brilliant and compelling. * Anna Minton *
This is a raw, painful, funny book. And it rings true. Cash Carraway is a real writer, who shares her extraordinary story with a developing sense of politics. Her writing bursts with energy, wit and anger - it might be too strong for the Radio4 Book of the Week, but it is essential reading. * Ken Loach *
What an astonishingly brilliant memoir. I’m speechless. So beautifully, passionately written without a shred of self-pity and brim full of this unbreakable mother daughter Love at the heart of it all… Raw, gut-wrenching and immensely moving. * Ruth Jones *
Skint Estate will stay with me forever. Cash’s brutal honesty will leave you wanting to make a change, stand up and be heard. A must read, and when you’ve read it pass it on. * Vicky McClure *
Visceral and powerful … The writing is stark, jagged and at times unexpectedly hilarious. * Brett Anderson *
About The Author
Cash Carraway
Cash Carraway is an award-winning playwright, author and screenwriter from London. In 2018 she was nominated for a British Journalism Award and won ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the 2019 Drum Online Media Awards. Skint Estate is her first book.
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