Who Cares?: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It

Emily Kenway’s book is a powerful exploration of the global care crisis, weaving personal experience with policy analysis to expose the hidden labour sustaining societies. She dismantles myths about caregiving as a private or apolitical act, showing how austerity, gendered expectations, and economic inequality create unsustainable burdens for families. Kenway’s writing is empathetic, incisive, and sharply argued. She centres the voices of caregivers while examining the structural forces that render their work invisible. The result is both a critique and a roadmap, urging us to rethink how care is valued and supported. It is galvanising, humane, and urgently needed.