Skint Estate: A Memoir of Poverty, Motherhood and Survival
By: Cash Carraway
4.14
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Cash Carraway is a single mum living in temporary accommodation. She’s been moved around the syste…
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1. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
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2. How I Killed Margaret Thatcher
By: Anthony Cartwright
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A novel that captures the intensity of early 1980s politics and family life through the eyes of an … read more
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3. Strangeland
By: Tracey Emin
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Here I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic-alcoholic-childless, beautiful woman. I never dreamt it would … read more
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4. Romanzo senza umani
By: Paolo Di Paolo
3.09
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Un uomo solo cammina lungo le rive di un grande lago tedesco. È partito all’improvviso, chiudendo i… read more
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5. Dalla stessa parte mi troverai
By: Valentina Mira
4.01
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
Questa storia comincia una sera d’inverno, il 7 gennaio 1978. Davanti a una sede del Movimento soci… read more
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6. La ricreazione è finita
By: Dario Ferrari
4.24
Format: 480 pages, ebook
Marcello è un trentenne senza un vero lavoro, resiste ai tentativi della fidanzata di rinsaldare il… read more
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7. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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8. My Name Is Why
By: Lemn Sissay
4.29
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
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9. Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
By: Kerry Hudson
4.15
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
What does it really mean to be poor in Britain today? A prizewinning novelist revisits her childhoo… read more
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10. Sputiamo su Hegel e altri scritti
By: Carla Lonzi
4.28
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
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11. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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12. Skint Estate: A Memoir of Poverty, Motherhood and Survival
By: Cash Carraway
4.14
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
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13. Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Love, Shipwreck and Survival
By: Sophie Elmhirst
4.12
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
**A Guardian, Observer & Waterstones Nonfiction Book of 2024**'One of those very special books that… read more
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14. Brucia la notte
By: Tiffany Vecchietti
3.15
Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories
By: Chris Atkins
4.34
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth
By: Rebecca Humphries
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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17. Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile
By: Adelle Stripe
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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18. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison
By: Alex South
4.52
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. Tenants
By: Vicky Spratt
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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20. Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
By: Ruby Tandoh
4.12
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
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21. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
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