Brewster Ladies' Library Books & Big Ideas: Book Discussion of "Evicted" by Matthew Desmond

Join Jill Scalise, Housing Coordinator for the Town of Brewster, and Devon Evans, Assistant Director at Brewster Ladies’ Library, for a discussion of the Pulitzer Prize winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted deepens our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality and importance of home.