“Goldstone stitches together a textured and extraordinarily detailed narrative of [five families’] multiyear struggle to keep a roof over their heads. The effect is reminiscent of Random Family. . . . By compassionately telling these families’ stories and excavating the systemic forces behind their housing insecurity, There Is No Place for Us shifts the paradigm on homelessness.”—The Washington Post
“An incredible feat . . . Stunning . . . A book like this ought to be a rallying cry, the 21st-century equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.”—The Nation
“Poignant . . . Through in-depth and often heart-rending accounts, Mr. Goldstone shows why [families] lack stable housing and face difficulties in acquiring it.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Brian Goldstone’s stunning nonfiction debut, There Is No Place for Us, traces the downfall of the American worker to the fallout of the American Dream. . . . Magnificently stylistic. . . . [Reads like] a gripping novel.”— Rolling Stone
“[An] extraordinary work of journalism . . . There Is No Place for Us tells the stories of [five] families with precision and depth, making clear that housing is an essential public good.”— Jezebel
“Devastating . . . [Goldstone] writes with unusual depth and humanity about people whose stories political and media elites largely prefer to ignore.”—Baffler
“Read this extraordinary book. If you’re lucky, you’ll be changed.”—Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family
“In this brilliant book, Brian Goldstone lays bare the hidden disaster of housing precarity among America’s low-wage workers.”—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of Race for Profit
“If you read one book this year—or this decade—it should be There Is No Place for Us.”—Adelle Waldman, author of Help Wanted
“Spellbinding and unflinching . . . this book will devastate you and then set your spirit ablaze.”—Antonia Hylton, author of Madness
“Deeply reported and written with an empathy that brims from every page . . . [Goldstone] has pulled off a rare and stunning narrative feat.”—Jonathan Blitzer, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
“A crucial, masterful book that will change the national conversation about homelessness.”—Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to Ourselves
“A blistering investigation into the true scope of America’s ballooning homelessness crisis.”—Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family
“A tremendous achievement in reporting, in narration, in emotional and intellectual understanding.”—James Fallows, author of Our Towns
“A model of ethical journalism . . . Make a place for this book alongside Jane Jacobs’ classic Death and Life of Great American Cities.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A gripping, high-stakes account of America’s housing emergency.”—Publishers Weekly
“There Is No Place for Us belongs on the shelf next to Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Evicted.”—BookPage, starred review
“A revelatory and gut-wrenching exploration of an often-ignored homeless population that is key to understanding poverty in America.”—Associated Press
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