Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023
Acclaimed by the Sunday Times, Dazed, New Statesman and more…
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Released 27.04.23
Praise for ‘Who Cares’…
"This is a beautiful book. It’s painful to read but extremely refreshing…
I can’t recommend it highly enough."
Rob Delaney, author of A Heart That Works
“an impassioned plea on behalf of the countless unpaid caregivers, mostly women, who take care of the world’s sick, elderly, and disabled … eye-opening … a resounding call to action.”
Publishers Weekly
“Emily Kenway deftly blends heart-breaking personal stories with facts, figures and policy analysis…and offers a radical vision of how we might do things better in future. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care should be the first to read it.”
Lady Brenda Hale, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
"Who Cares” is a powerful, enlightening journey through the world of caregiving…Courageous in its detailed articulation of what caregiving actually entails, and the loss and suffering involved in this work, this is a book we all must read."
Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch
“A heartbreaking, beautiful and necessary read. Emily Kenway has written an eloquently vulnerable book that is part memoir and part polemic, and every page of it an act of love.”
Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back
“Who Cares is a vitally important book, but it's also a book full of heart, imagination and, yes, care… Care should be at the heart of our society, and our politics, and Who Cares does a wonderful job showing us why."
Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13
“Almost all of us will become carers at some point in our lives. In this important and deeply moving book Emily Kenway shares the story of caring for her mother, showing how we could seed the collective change we need – from new practices of kinning to shifts at work and within the state.”
Hilary Cottam, OBE, author of Radical Help
“The crisis of care affects us all, and Emily Kenway's astute, touching and insightful book gives us the power to tackle it head on with the fairness and compassion that is so desperately needed. Everyone needs to read this book.”
Victoria Bateman, Cambridge University