“This book is an engaging and illuminating encounter with the contemporary conditions of work and learning to work. It brings focused attention to the centrality of work – and now enterprise – in our lives. The ‘encounter’ is framed by seeking to understand the lives and experiences, the aestheticized and gendered performances of enterprise, of homeless sellers of street papers. In doing so Gerrard gives us renewed pause to reflect on those lives and the marginalised circumstances to which they point.” (Peter Kelly, Deputy Head of School (Research and Innovation), School of Education, RMIT University, Australia)

“This book is rich in data that gives a fascinating insight into the lives of homeless street press sellers. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the reproduction of inequality through precarious working conditions in the contemporary period and I highly recommend it.” (Tracy Shildrick, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK)