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From the author of Jailbirds and one of Elle's '50 Game Changers'
(2019) comes a timely exploration of different forms of living
together. Seventy-six per cent of British adults feel that we've
become more distanced from our neighbours in the last 20 years. We
are less likely than our grandparents, or even our parents, to know
the names of our neighbours, to enjoy multi-generational
friendships or to share resources and childcare. With mental health
at epidemic levels, the climate crisis worsening, and society
feeling increasingly divided, this game-changing book asks whether
there are better ways to live. Mim Skinner sets out to explore
communities that have rejected individualism and nuclear family
life in order to embrace a more collective way of living. As she
meets those who have had the courage to imagine a better world and
start living it - in countercultural hippy communes, the disability
led L'Arche communities, queer safe spaces, environmental campaign
groups, rehab support networks and more - she asks how each is
tackling the social issues of our time and finding greener and more
connected ways to be together. Mixing memories and reflections of
her own unconventional upbringing with interviews and research into
the international history of communalism, Mim Skinner challenges
her own assumptions as well as ours as she searches for a more
meaningful way of life and finds multiple options for alternative
ways of living - from commercial co-living developments for
time-starved urbanites to off-grid farm communities, low-cost
co-operative estates and collaborative parenting schemes. The
result is an eye-opening snapshot of alternative communities and a
much-needed new perspective on the concept of wellness. It asks
whether individualism can ever give us the tools to live in healthy
and equal ways and offers a glimpse into the possibility - and also
the pitfalls - of life lived differently.
AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST Step inside one of Britain's most renowned
prisons... During her time as a prison teacher Mim Skinner met
people from all walks of life - what united them, was that they had
committed a serious crime. But Mim's job was not to judge them, it
was to teach. In this compelling, inspirational memoir Mim takes
you behind the bars. From drugs and violence to pregnancy and
heartbreak, Mim's classroom saw it all. With high drama but also
candid humour The Prison Teacher is full of eye-opening stories of
those without a voice, revealing the human side of our country's
most controversial institution. 'Shocking, poignant and darkly
funny' Woman & Home 'Full of nitty-gritty details of life
inside' The Guardian 'Humbling, hopeful and wryly hilarious' The
Herald 'Very real and powerful account' Kate Paradine, CEO of Women
in Prison 'A humane, sometimes humorous, and always perceptive
account of prison life' Ken Loach 'Very funny and important'
Pandora Sykes, co-host The High Low Show A STYLIST NON-FICTION BOOK
OF YEAR 2020
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