Newham has an Olympic stadium, its own airport, and a direct train to Paris. But the borough also has one of the highest rates of homelessness in England.

Jessica lives in the borough with her two teenage children, Hazel and Jacob, but a catastrophic string of bad luck costs her her job and home within a few days.

But in the darkness there is hope; her estranged brother returns and she meets the man of her dreams. Can she turn things around and save her family?

“The line between home and homelessness is extremely thin and filled with judgment, but The Streets turns a spotlight on the strength and resilience required to overcome physical and emotional adversity that never should have been yours in the first place. Important and remarkable.” -Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry.

“Intense and powerful” –Platinum.

“I absolutely loved These Streets. Luan’s attention to detail is wonderful, and the characters of small-town East London remind me of Ann Tyler’s Baltimore folk in the way that their concerns and preoccupations reflect the larger society they live in. I’ll be thinking about them for a long time.” -Rosalind Stopps, author of A Beginner’s Guide to Murder.

“A brilliant book written with warmth and sensitivity that I recommend most highly. I loved it unreservedly.” –My Weekly.

“Luan Goldie is one of the most important voices in contemporary British fiction. In These Streets, she explores the precarity of housing and all its attendant challenges – the stress, the shame, the hope and heartbreak – with warmth and compassion. A story of resilience, family and community, it is finely wrought and unnervingly timely.” -Kia Abdullah, author of Next of Kin.

“Exquisitely detailed and assured . . . Sensitive, urgent and not to be missed.” –The Mail on Sunday.

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