There Is No Place for Us
Working and Homeless in America
$34.45
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2026
Summary
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE BERNSTEIN AWARD A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Washington Post, Elle, New America, BookPage, Shelf Awareness
There Is No Place For Us plunges readers into the lives of five Atlanta families struggling to remain housed. Through intimate, novelistic portraits, Goldstone follows parents and their kids …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837268016 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1837268010 |
| Author: | Brian Goldstone |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
[Goldstone] writes about a ruthless housing system that profits from people’s desperation and penalises them for being poor. I was moved by this book. I also felt enraged * * New York Times Book Review * *
Goldstone stitches together a textured and extraordinarily detailed narrative of [five families’] multiyear struggle to keep a roof over their heads. The effect is reminiscent of Random Family. [… ] There Is No Place for Us shifts the paradigm on homelessness * * Washington Post * *
I found this book devastating, but also so brilliantly executed – EMILY WILSON * * Country & Townhouse * *
A superbly written portrait of five families living in Atlanta, it shows the struggle they face to retain work and somewhere to live … A searing indictment of the inequality destroying US society * * Herald * *
An incredible feat … Stunning … A book like this ought to be a rallying cry, the 21st-century equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle * * Nation * *
Beautifully crafted … Revelatory and often heartbreaking … [Goldstone] has the clear eye and deft touch of a master storyteller. There Is No Place for Us reveals an America few of us know * * New York Times Review of Books * *
Poignant … Through in-depth and often heart-rending accounts, Mr. Goldstone shows why [families] lack stable housing and face difficulties in acquiring it * * Wall Street Journal * *
Brian Goldstone’s stunning non-fiction debut, There Is No Place for Us, traces the downfall of the American worker to the fallout of the American Dream… . Magnificently stylistic… . [Reads like] a gripping novel * * Rolling Stone * *
Brian Goldstone
Brian Goldstone is a journalist whose longform reporting and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, the New Republic, California Sunday Magazine, and Jacobin, among other publications. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Duke University and was a Mellon Research Fellow at Columbia University. In 2021, he was a National Fellow at New America. His first book, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his family.
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