Stylist chats to working-class female writer Kerry Hudson who is the author of the 2019 memoir Lowborn. 

Working-class writers: Lowborn author Kerry Hudson

I spent a lot of my life hiding this from people, feeling ashamed as I zipped into a ‘less poor’ version of myself to be accepted

If you grow up as a working-class woman, you’re told that your voice is of no consequence, you won’t be listened to, you have nothing to contribute

Our family used Fairy Liquid to wash our hair, our bodies our house – everything. So, I recognise the privilege of not having to do that anymore

“I felt ashamed of being poor, until I found this working-class writer”

This gritty working-class memoir is a must-read for anyone who grew up in poverty