Labours of Love - The Crisis of Care

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

Long before the pandemic, care work has been underpaid and its values disregarded. In this remarkable and compassionate book, Madeleine Bunting speaks to those on the front line of the care crisis, struggling to hold together a crumbling infrastructure. A combination of extraordinary first-hand accounts of caring with a history of care and its language, Labours of Love is an impassioned call for change at a time when we need it most.

About the author

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.

Summary

An authoritative and deeply reflective investigation into the crisis of care in the UK, with a clarion call for change, from the award-winning author and journalist.

Product details

• Authors: Madeleine Bunting, Madeleine (Y) Bunting, Bunting Madeleine
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781783783816
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-381-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 237 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; MEDICAL / Caregiving, Family & health, Child care & upbringing, Reportage & collected journalism, Care of the elderly, Intensive Care Medicine, Family and health, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents, Health systems & services, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Health systems and services