No Fixed Abode
17 September 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain’s streets . . . Illuminating, timely and urgent’ – Sunday Times
‘A story that desperately needed to be told’ – Michael Sheen
Tony froze to death in the garden of the house he used to own. Aisha dreams of becoming a nurse, but spends night after night seeking a place to sleep....
Details
17 September 2020384 pages
9781529023732Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain’s streets . . . No Fixed Abode couldn’t be more illuminating, timely and urgent.Sunday Times
‘A meticulous investigation exposes the shameful truths surrounding the UK’s homeless population . . . moving and revealing . . . McClenaghan does a good job of bringing to life the stories of the people she describes’Harry Stopes, Guardian
Compelling, compassionate and hard-hitting . . . It tells a very important story in a human way and in doing so motivates the reader to demand change. It is a campaigning book of the very highest orderEoin Ó Broin, Irish Times
An urgent, searing examination of our homelessness crisis . . . a much-needed antidote to the apathy that can often surround homelessness. It is movingly told, passionately argued and totally engrossingi
