Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation

Seven Children is a book that explores the lives of seven typical 5-year-olds in the UK, representing different income brackets and facing various challenges. It highlights the injustice and hope in post-pandemic Britain, revealing the experiences of children between the extremes and the need to address the trends leaving all children worse off than their parents.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2024
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Seven Children is a thought-provoking book by Danny Dorling that explores the lives of seven typical 5-year-olds in the UK, representing the middle of various parental income brackets. The book was published in 2018, during a period of significant inequality and social division in the UK, and the children's stories reveal the challenges and opportunities they face. The children were born in 2018, when the UK faced its worst inequality since the Great Depression and became Europe's most socially divided nation. They turned 5 in 2023, amid a devastating cost-of-living crisis. Despite the challenges they face, the children's aspirations endure. The book is immersive, surprising, and thought-provoking, getting to the heart of post-pandemic Britain's most pressing issues. It asks questions about what we miss when we focus only on the super-rich and the most deprived, the kinds of lives British children are living between the extremes, why most British parents are on below-average income, and how we can reverse the trends leaving all children worse off than their parents.

Weight: 464g
Dimension: 214 x 140 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911723509