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No Fixed Abode
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Author : Maeve McClenaghan
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2020-10-27
No Fixed Abode written by Maeve McClenaghan and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Social Science categories.
This book will finally give a face and a voice to those we so easily forget in our society. It will tell the highly personal, human and sometimes surprisingly uplifting stories of real people struggling in a crumbling system. By telling their stories, we will come to know these people; to know their hopes and fears, their complexities and their contradictions. We will learn a little more about human relationships, in all their messiness. And we’ll learn how, with just a little too much misfortune, any of us could find ourselves homeless, even become one of the hundreds of people dying on Britain’s streets. As the number of rough sleepers skyrockets across the UK, No Fixed Abode by Maeve McClenaghan will also bring to light many of the ad-hoc projects attempting to address the problem. You will meet some of the courageous people who dedicate their lives to saving the forgotten of our society and see that the smallest act of kindness or affection can save a life. This is a timely and important book encompassing wider themes of inequality and austerity measures; through the prism of homelessness, it offers a true picture of Britain today – and shows how terrifyingly close to breaking point we really are.
No Fixed Abode
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Author : Charlie Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers LTD
Release Date : 2014-06-01
No Fixed Abode written by Charlie Carroll and has been published by Summersdale Publishers LTD this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Traveling on foot across the UK, with no money or reason to rush, Charlie finds the hidden side of the population—the homeless, the addicted, the disabled—who few outsiders ever get to knowIn the summer of 2011, Charlie found the school he taught at could not afford to renew his teaching contract. With no job and no money, but suddenly all the time in the world, he decided to travel from Cornwall to London in a peculiarly old-fashioned, quintessentially English, and remarkably cheap way—as a tramp, on foot, sleeping rough. The journey was filled with color, surprise, and danger, and a range of memorable encounters—from Stan, who once saved a boy from being raped but whose homelessness stemmed from a paralysing addiction, to Ian, the one-handed Rastafarian who lived in a tent. With a striking mix of travel and current affairs writing, No Fixed Abode sheds light on a side of the UK few ever see from within.
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Author : Marc Augé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
No Fixed Abode written by Marc Augé and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with French fiction categories.
In recent years, social workers have raised a new concern about the appearance of a new category among the working poor. Even employed, there are people so overburdened by the cost of living and so under compensated that they cannot afford a place to sleep. Contrary to popular opinion, according to the website for the Coalition for the Homeless, forty-four percent of the homeless in first world countries actually have jobs. In No Fixed Abode, Marc Augé's pathbreaking ethnofiction--a fictional ethnography--a man named Henri narrates his strange existence in the margins of Paris. By day he walks the streets, lingers in conversation with the local shopkeepers, and sits writing in cafés, but at night he takes shelter in an abandoned house. From here, we see a progressive erosion of Henri's identity, a loss of bearings, and a slow degeneration of his ability to relate to others. But then he meets the artist Dominique, whose willingness to share her life with him raises questions about who he has become and about what a person needs in order to be a part of society. This is a book about how we live in geographical space and how work and patterns of domicile affect our status and our inner being. Despite the apparent simplicity of the fictional premise, Augé's book asks serious questions about the nature of our culture.
No Fixed Address
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Author : Susin Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-10-04
No Fixed Address written by Susin Nielsen and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So far, pretty normal. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a secret: they are living in a van. Astrid promises it’s only for a while until she finds a new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word about it. So when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very best to hide the fact that most of his clothes are in storage, he only showers weekly at the community centre, and that he doesn’t have enough to eat. When his friends Dylan and Winnie ask to visit, Felix always has an excuse. But Felix has a plan to turn his and Astrid’s lives around: he’s going to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . . Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference.
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Author : Sarah Armstrong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-05
No Fixed Abode written by Sarah Armstrong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-05 with Byron Bay (N.S.W.) categories.
Most Australians find it hard to look at a `homeless¿ person. They prefer to stare straight ahead and pretend that the hungry, damaged and lonely human being in their peripheral vision simply doesn¿t exist. Apparently it¿s just easier that way. If refusing to even make eye contact is hardwired in the masses, then talking to them and listening to their stories is out of the question.This book gently addresses that callous disconnect by giving otherwise stifled, invisible Australians a face and a voice. By exploring the stories of people from around Byron Bay who¿ve fallen through society¿s cracks, readers can only better understand some of the common trajectories of disenfranchisement ¿ and what a truly horrible thing it is to be without a home.People of no fixed abode are in the critical eye of those who live comfortably and don¿t want their neighbourhoods to play host to `social misfits¿ and `undesirables¿. They have no money and therefore, in the eyes of our consumerist world, they don¿t contribute to the economy. It¿s sad to admit but if a human being has no money then, as far as capitalist society is concerned, they have no worth. They become invisible and almost cease to exist. The photographs and stories in this book prove otherwise.Without these brave men and women who have been prepared to share their experiences from life on the periphery ¿ no matter how uncomfortable the experience ¿ there¿s little hope we will ever bridge the gap. So the next time you see a `homeless¿ person, consider that it might be your turn to step out of your comfort zone. Don¿t be afraid to make eye contact, don¿t hesitate to smile, and don¿t think twice about saying g¿day. It could only start to make life a little better ¿ for both of you.
No Fixed Abode
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Author : Peter Fraenkel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2005-01-28
No Fixed Abode written by Peter Fraenkel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-28 with History categories.
Peter Fraenkel here gives a vivid account of a childhood in a middle-class, non-observant Jewish family in Nazi Germany, forced to emigrate to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1939. Here the contrast could hardly be greater, from persecuted Jew, to 'enemy alien' in colonial Northern Rhodesia, to re-assimilation into the privileged colonial elite. Following education in Northern and Southern Rhodesia he worked for the Northern Rhodesian and later, Central Broadcasting Service. Here his pioneering work and support for racial equality in a deeply racist society connected with his earlier life - 'no fixed abode' but in tune with humane liberalism.
No Fixed Abode
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Author : Anton Wallich- Clifford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
No Fixed Abode written by Anton Wallich- Clifford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
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Author : R. Humphreys
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1999-08-02
No Fixed Abode written by R. Humphreys and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-02 with History categories.
Homelessness is now a much greater problem than twenty years ago. In Britain today around half-a-million homeless people form a regrettable permanent 'underclass'. This book spells out their similarities with the spurned vagrant of bygone days. It traces how for centuries emergent laws have combated alleged threats from unruly vagrants while largely ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. It is argued that only educational and social reform will alleviate the homeless plight.
No Fixed Abode
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Author : Frances Ferguson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
No Fixed Abode written by Frances Ferguson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
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Author : Kaye Healey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
No Fixed Abode written by Kaye Healey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Homeless persons categories.