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

‘Illuminating’ OBSERVER

We’ve all had our share of mould, dodgy landlords and awkward house shares. But Kieran Yates has had more than most: by the age of twenty-five she’d lived in twenty different houses across the country.

In her coming-of-age memoir, she charts the heartbreaks and joys of a life spent searching for home. Sparkling with warmth and wit, this is a story of finding beauty in our interiors, friendships in cramped flats, and home even in the most fragile circumstances. All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change and a love letter to home in all its forms.

‘A beautiful exposition of home. Stunning’ BOLU BABALOLA

‘So incisive it’s hard to put down’ PANDORA SYKES

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

Publisher Review

‘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 beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Yates infuses such gentle care and humanity into the exploration of race, the failings of society and government … Stunning’ — Bolu Babalola, author of ‘Love in Colour’ ‘I read this in two sittings . . . it’s so incisive it’s hard to put down’ — Pandora Sykes ‘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 ‘A moving and urgent expose of the housing crisis’ — Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project ‘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’ Vital. Everyone should read it — Vicky Spratt, author of ‘Tenants’ ‘A powerful, personal and intricate tour of our housing system … exposing who it works for and who it doesn’t’ — Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP ‘Yates writes with clarity, warmth and passion and leaves the reader wanting to march on Whitehall immediately’
— Nikesh Shukla ‘This book is so special. Kieran writes with a warmth and joy that is so often devoid from discussions based around housing and working class people. [It] manages to have taught me ten million things while also making me fall in love with Kieran and her family – weaving together activism with storytelling in the most gorgeous way’ — Ione Gamble, author of ‘Poor Little Sick Girls’ ‘Skewers the housing crisis with clear-sighted fury. [Her] warmth and intimacy breathes new life into the horror show statistics. Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny, or at least as funny as it can get’ * i * ‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope. This is what is so special about All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: the side notes of kindness and community, told with beauty, folded between the pages’ * Big Issue *