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Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist
Emily Kenway
Memoirs, Social issues & processes, Social discrimination & inequality, Social welfare & social services, Community nursing
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- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781472288493 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
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- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781472288493 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 12, 2023 | 9781472288486 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 27, 2023 | 9781472288516 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781472288493 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 12, 2023 | 9781472288486 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 27, 2023 | 9781472288516 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 27, 2023 | 9781472288509 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781472288493 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 12, 2023 | 9781472288486 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 27, 2023 | 9781472288516 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 27, 2023 | 9781472288509 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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A ground-breaking rethink of caregiving in our society, by writer, activist and former policy advisor Emily Kenway
*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY
'A radical vision for how we might do things better ' LADY BRENDA HALE
'A rallying cry we should all heed' TLS
A ground-breaking book lifting the lid on the hidden side of the 'care crisis' - helping us reimagine our world to put caregiving at its heart
When Emily Kenway found herself in the painful position of caring for her cancer-stricken mother, her life was changed forever. Though she was lonely, she was far from alone: around the world, millions of people are quietly caring for unwell, elderly or disabled loved ones. For many, this is a full-time job, saving economies billions. But the human cost remains largely ignored.
Why are caregivers mostly women? As families shrink, how can we provide care? Can care robots be the answer? And what does death anxiety have to do with all this? Through unflinching investigation, Who Cares asks vital questions about why we have a 'care crisis' at both a global and individual level.
Deftly blending memoir with forensic research and the voices of caregivers from as far afield as Norway, Nepal and Nebraska, Who Cares is an essential read for anyone who has ever cared for, or will receive care from, another person - which is to say, for everyone.
More Praise for Who Cares:
'An impassioned call to action' Sunday Times
'Vitally important' Jon McGregor
'Striking, honest and intimate' Dazed
'A compassionate hybrid of memoir and manifesto' New Statesman
'A book we all must read' Silvia Federici
Praise for Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist
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This is a beautiful book. It's painful to read but extremely refreshing in its acknowledgement of facts as sure as gravity: we will age, get sick and die. It probably won't be pretty, and we'll need care ourselves and/or have to give care to those we love. And all the while capitalism will punish us for both needing and giving care. Emily Kenway's story of caring for her mother plus her exhaustive research into the subject of care at large results in a visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation. It also offers prescriptions and possibilities for the future. Her mother would be proud of the book and I am grateful for it. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Emily Kenway deftly blends heart-breaking personal stories with facts, figures and policy analysis to show why we cannot go on expecting so much of the family and friends of people who need care - which will mean all of us - and offers a radical vision of how we might do things better in future. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care should be the first to read it.
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Almost all of us will become carers at some point in our lives. In this important and deeply moving book Emily Kenway shares the story of caring for her mother, showing how we could seed the collective change we need - from new practices of kinning to shifts at work and within the state.
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The crisis of care affects us all, and Emily Kenway's astute, touching and insightful book gives us the power to tackle it head on with the fairness and compassion that is so desperately needed. Everyone needs to read this book.
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A heartbreaking, beautiful and necessary read. Emily Kenway has written an eloquently vulnerable book that is part memoir and part polemic, and every page of it an act of love. Who Cares delves deep into the brutal realities of providing care in a world designed around the needs of capital, into Kenway's own story of caregiving for her fiercely independent mother as well as stories of caregivers from around the world, in order to show us how much our world would need to change in order to truly value and centre care.
Emily Kenway
Emily Kenway is a writer, activist and former policy advisor. Her first book, The Truth About Modern Slavery, was published in 2021. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, Independent, OpenDemocracy, Huffington Post, Litro and TLS. Her non-fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and in 2020 she was shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. Who Cares, her second book, was published in April 2023.
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