There is quite a lot of political comment but it's all relevant to her story and that of increasing numbers of others in this country. I'm sure she will from some quarters but hopefully more will listen to her message and realise quite how much of a struggle life is for the working classes in this country, not least women. In the latter part of the book she tells us that she realises that telling people things about her life that others would probably not admit to she's opening herself up to a lot of public criticism. This is a moving book,a shocking book ,a political book and often an angry book ,Cash's writing is very much stream of consciousness and she certainly speaks her mind. Her love for her Daughter probably saves her life and she movingly tells us of finding unconditional love for the first time when she becomes a mother. The book is brutally honest and Cash admits to her many mistakes and unwise relationships but through it all she keeps going, with a fairly major blip along the way, despite the knockbacks for the sake of her Daughter. More offensive to me was hearing about the way vulnerable people are being "cleansed" from rich London Boroughs to make room for the more affluent side of society and the way women are treated that makes them seek the shelter of Refuges.Ĭash, and I'll use her first name as I felt I knew her very well by the end of the book, has certainly seen a lot of life, from her abusive childhood ,working in the sex industry from her teens, alone and pregnant in a Woman's Refuge through life as a social media "Influencer" then back down to earth again with a bang and yet another Refuge before life finally began to work out for her. Cash tells it like it is and some will be offended. Skint Estate by Cash Carraway isn't for everyone, numerous bodily functions are ,described in detail, scatological, gynaecological, menstrual and sexual. ‘A fascinating, shocking look at poverty and motherhood’ BILLIE PIPER ‘Astonishingly brilliant … Raw, gut-wrenching and immensely moving’ RUTH JONES ‘The new voice of a generation’ THE TIMES Bursts with energy, wit and anger’ KEN LOACH ‘Cash’s brutal honesty will leave you wanting to make a change, stand up and be heard. Skint Estate is the darkly funny debut memoir from Cash Carraway, a scream against austerity that rises full of rage in a landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows. After all, what else do you call a working-class single mum in temporary accommodation? I’m a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals – or so they say. ‘Give powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain’s current fracturing’ OBSERVER ‘Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny’ KATHY BURKE
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