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Maeve’s first book No Fixed Abode will be published by Picador in September 2020. The culmination of years of research, the book tells the stories of some of those who have lived and died homeless in the UK.

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.

Review:

Editor’s Choice… McClenaghan is an award-winning journalist who deserves to win more awards for this expose, which also comes with suggestions for how we can we can all help alleviate a parlous national situation. – The Bookseller