Labours of Love
the crisis of care
$30.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2021
Summary
Labours of Love: Reimagining Care in a Time of Crisis
We’re facing a crisis in care that will likely affect us all. Care-work is underpaid and undervalued, while society prioritizes economic growth over compassion. For centuries, women’s caring labors have been taken for granted, but with more women in work, an aging population, and a shrinking welfare state, care is under unprecedented pressure.
Over five years, Madeleine Bunting traveled Britain, speaking to charity worker…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783783816 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1783783818 |
| Author: | Madeleine Bunting |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Imprint: | Granta Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Madeleine Bunting
Madeleine Bunting was for many years a columnist for the Guardian, which she joined in 1990. Bunting read History at Cambridge and Politics at Harvard. She is the author of many non-fiction books, including The Plot: A Biography of My Father’s English Acre, which won the Portico Prize, and Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey, which was shortlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize and the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year. She has also written a novel, Island Song. She lives in London.
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