A brutally honest and unapologetically riotous book, this is a memoir about poverty, about the inhumane treatment of human beings, about women in the working class, beneath the poverty line, being refused a chance, a voice or a hand in order to silence and remove. This is a glimpse into Britain today, a sordid, grimy, horrible Britain that should be fully exposed and reformed in to something with empathy instead of cruelty from a corrupt Tory government putting all their eggs into the middle-class affluence basket. ( )

This is a quick read, but not always an easy one. The writing is sharp, funny and readable, but the stories being told are often grim and sometimes upsetting. Having a child of a similar age to the author I'm not sure if I was reading in awe or horror at the things she had to go through to put food on the table or get a roof over their head. ( )