Grappling with the guilt of moving on from poverty – and indeed with the idea that one can truly move on from childhood trauma – this memoir from novelist Kerry Hudson doesn’t just expose an uncomfortable and outrageous inequality that too many of us choose to look away from, but also beautifully articulates the painful process of excavating a buried past. Many a politician would do well to read this book and confront the exhaustion of living a life filled from the start with roadblocks.
'Kerry Hudson invites us to really understand the complexities of being born working class in Britain. Buy it, read it, tell everyone about it' Jack Monroe
‘One of the most important books of the year’ Guardian
'When every day of your life you have been told you have nothing of value to offer, that you are worth nothing to society, can you ever escape that sense of being ‘lowbo...
