Reviews

Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson

benparker18's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.75

hannahgough's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

mazbaz's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

catelam's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

lucy_p's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

emharries's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

matildatc's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.5

amyrandles1's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Classism

heathermackenzie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

alicemotion's review against another edition

4.0

Fascinating insight into growing up poor in the UK. I found the flashback format a little annoying at the beginning, but by the end enjoyed the parallel look at her life then and now, and how the areas had changed (or not).