Skint Estate: A memoir of poverty, motherhood and survival

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Interested in audiobooks too? They are based in Leeds, where they are active movers in the DIY scene that currently thrives in the North of England. The good news is you can buy them on The Feminist Bookshop audiobooks page! They recorded a Marc Riley session in 2016, released their first album (on Everything Sucks) in 2017, toured extensively in 2018 and 2019, playing at the Brudenell Social Club with Swearin’ and Jeffrey Lewis, and at plenty of fests such as LaDIYfest and Specialist Subject’s birthday all dayer in Bristol, A Real Cool Fest in Bradford, Mousetival in Stockton and the Cambridge Indiepop Alldayer. But there is more than anger here. Cash Carraway is a single mum living in temporary accommodation. What’s It Means 10. 'Skint Estate' is the hard-hitting debut memoir about impoverishment, loneliness and violence - set against a grim landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges, and peepshows.