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Broke Listed as a ‘Most Anticipated Fall Release of 2019’ by Books Are Magic
Can you feel it? The air is getting a little sharper and the pumpkin spice lattes have been released into the wild. Autumn is coming. And with it an incredible selection of books to read while we dig our sweaters out of storage. In publishing, fall is basically like Christmas.
Detroit Broke City: PW Talks with Jodie Adams Kirshner
In Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises (St. Martin’s, Nov.), Kirshner documents the consequences of Detroit’s 2013 bankruptcy for its residents. Why did Detroit’s government decide declaring bankruptcy was the best course of action for the city? The decision rested solely in the hands of the emergency manager, who was appointed by...
Publishers Weekly — Review of Broke
Kirshner (International Bankruptcy), a research professor at NYU, presents a thorough examination of Detroit’s fiscal and civic situation following the city’s 2013 declaration of bankruptcy, demonstrating that vast swaths of the community remain underserved. She focuses on seven of the more than 200 Detroit residents she interviewed, narrating their...
Kirkus Reviews — Starred Review of Broke
A deep dive into the daily living of low-income Detroit residents as well as real estate speculators. Kirshner (Urban Management/New York Univ.; International Bankruptcy: The Challenge of Insolvency in a Global Economy, 2018, etc.) received permission from seven individuals to conduct on-the-ground research about what occurs when a city is stuck under the...