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I tore through the pages A book Ill read over and over againCANDICE CARTYWILLIAMS author of Queenie

Weve 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 twentyfive shed 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 systemDrawing 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 Ive Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change a gorgeous comingofage story and a love letter to home in all its forms

Illuminating thoughtfully written damning OBSERVER

I read this in two sittings so incisive its hard to put downPANDORA SYKES

A beautiful exposition of home and what it means StunningBOLU BABALOLA author of Honey amp Spice

So relatable injectsa glorious dose of love and joy and hopeBIG ISSUE

Yates manages the unthinkable she makes the housing crisis funnyi