Ten Lives
How What We Have Shapes Who We Are
$72.02
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2026
Summary
A revelatory exploration of the ways in which wealth – and the lack of it – shapes our lives, told through the stories of ten people, from award-winning data journalist and artist Mona Chalabi.
Anna has a comfortable life in a beautiful house thanks to her husband – until he suddenly asks for a divorce. Kristina faces a choice between raising her child and finishing her degree; growing other people’s babies afforded her a way out. Tiffany, meanwhile, earns so little that the farm whic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847927200 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847927203 |
| Author: | Mona Chalabi |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 162mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
This book explores how deeply relevant inequality is - how it moulds our minds and bends our moralities. It’s the most vivid and readable exploration of the wealth gap I’ve ever read. Anyone who cares about a better future should read this – BRIAN ENO
An astonishing book. Chalabi’s taboo-busting transparency about peoples’ financial lives is revolutionary enough. But it’s the pellucid clarity of her data visualizations that will really change how you see things. I was riveted from start to finish – ALISON BECHDEL
Mona Chalabi
Mona Chalabi is an award-winning writer and illustrator. Her work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize, honorary fellowships at the British Science Association and the Royal Society for the Arts, an Emmy nomination, and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent years, her art has been exhibited at the Tate, the Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books.
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