NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ΓÇó NAMED ONE OF TIMEΓÇÖS TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ΓÇó One of the most acclaimed books of our time,this modern classic ΓÇ£has set a new standard for reporting on povertyΓÇ¥ (Barbara EhrenreichThe New York Times Book Review). In EvictedPrinceton sociologist and MacArthur ΓÇ£GeniusΓÇ¥ Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as ΓÇ£wrenching and revelatoryΓÇ¥ (The Nation)ΓÇ£vivid and unsettlingΓÇ¥ (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 AmericaΓÇÖs most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of homewithout which nothing else is possible. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama ΓÇó The New York Times Book Review ΓÇó The Boston Globe ΓÇó The Washington Post ΓÇó NPR ΓÇó Entertainment Weekly ΓÇó The New Yorker ΓÇó Bloomberg ΓÇó Esquire ΓÇó BuzzFeed ΓÇó Fortune ΓÇó San Francisco Chronicle ΓÇó Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ΓÇó St. Louis Post-Dispatch ΓÇó Politico ΓÇó The Week ΓÇó Chicago Public Library ΓÇó BookPage ΓÇó Kirkus Reviews ΓÇó Library Journal ΓÇó Publishers Weekly ΓÇó Booklist ΓÇó Shelf Awareness WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction ΓÇó The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction ΓÇó The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction ΓÇó The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism ΓÇó The PEN/New England Award ΓÇó The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE ΓÇ£Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöAnn Patchettauthor of Bel Canto and Commonwealth ΓÇ£Gripping and movingΓÇötragictoo.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöJesmyn Wardauthor of Salvage the Bones ΓÇ£Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöSan Francisco Chronicle