All The Houses I've Ever Lived In

Finding Home in a System that Fails Us

Kieran Yates

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Simon & Schuster Ltd
02 August 2023

Residential buildings, domestic buildings; Poverty & unemployment; Homelessness; Social discrimination; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

‘I tore through the pages. A book I’ll read over and over again’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie

We've all had our share of dodgy landlords, mould and awkward house shares. But journalist Kieran Yates has had more than most: by the age of twenty-five she'd lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales.

In prose that sparkles with humour and warmth, Yates charts the heartbreaks and joys of a life spent navigating the chaos of the housing system. Drawing on interviews with marginalised tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back – finding beauty in the wreckage of a broken system, friendships in cramped housing conditions, and home even in the most fragile circumstances.

All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change, a gorgeous coming-of-age story and a love letter to home in all its forms.

‘Illuminating, thoughtfully written, damning’ OBSERVER

‘I read this in two sittings . . . so incisive it's hard to put down’ PANDORA SYKES

‘A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Stunning’ BOLU BABALOLA, author of Honey & Spice

‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope' BIG ISSUE

‘Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny’ i

By: Kieran Yates
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 25mm
ISBN: 9781398509832
ISBN 10: 1398509833
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 02 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kieran Yates is a journalist, broadcaster and author who writes regularly on youth culture, housing, immigration and politics for publications including the Guardian, the Independent and VICE. She contributed to the award-winning essay collection The Good Immigrant and in 2019 she produced the BBC Radio 4 documentary ‘Estate Music’, which explored the link between music, immigrant communities in the UK and social housing. All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In is her first solo book.

Reviews for All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us

'I believe that Kieran Yates was born to write, but crucially, to write this vital piece of work. I tore through the pages . . . A book I'll read over and over again' -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of 'Queenie' A moving and urgent expose of the housing crisis -- Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Wholly transportive and informative. With every home visited, you will leave feeling like a welcomed guest, a deeply concerned neighbour or probably both -- Clara Amfo Intimate and fascinating. Both a memoir and a social commentary of Britain -- Annie Macmanus 'Warm and funny. A powerful call to action against bad landlords, gentrification and class inequality in Britain' -- SYMEON BROWN, author of Get Rich or Lie Trying