Publishing my first book is scary. What if no-one likes it?!

This week was a big week. A small number of people I respect hugely had been given early copies. This week they would send me their comments!

I felt like I was waiting to be picked for PE again! Thankfully they loved it! This is what they said. [If this whets your appetite, you can get a copy of your own here.]

This perceptive and timely book not only diagnoses our societal ills, but offers an easily digestible prescription. Jon Yates has a rare gift for clear expression of complex ideas. I finished this book with my optimism restored, and you will too.’  Iain Dale, author of Why Can’t We All Just Get Along.

‘Incredibly relevant for each and every one of us – as we head into a new decade of challenges and opportunity.’ Dame Louise Casey, author of The Casey Review into Opportunity and Integration.

‘A beautiful and wise book. Beautiful because it makes one want to be a better person who connects with others in society. Wise because through the use of eye-opening real-life stories, it suggests practical ways we can achieve this; how we all can expand the circle of those we deem “People Like Us”.’ Remi Adekoya, author of Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race.

‘Deeply wise, meditative, timely and practical. The book fizzles and crackles along and in no time at all you will be at the end, reading about 32 ways to improve your, and everyone else’s lives. Act on #32 and buy this book, right now.’ Sir Anthony Seldon, author and Prime Ministerial biographer.

‘This is the post-pandemic manifesto we need. Vividly written, with a clear diagnosis and specific proposals for overcoming our ills, it is also a challenge to the intellectual status quo.’ David Goodhart, author of Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century.

‘At a time when we are more divided than ever, Jon offers a much-needed framework for understanding the forces that divide and … the path to healing our fractured societies. Because of Jon’s lived experience, this is ultimately a hopeful, pragmatic, important book and a must-read for all of us.’ Jacqueline Novogratz, author of Manifesto for a Moral Revolution.

‘Our society is more fractured than any of us would want – so how do we change that? Fluently telling the story of how we got here, Jon Yates not only asks how governments could bridge our divides but shows why we must each step up as citizens too.’  Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future.

‘If you care about social division or worry about the decline of community, this book will make sense of it. As entertaining as it is informative.’ Brendan Cox, international campaigner, activist and author of Jo Cox: More in Common.

‘This is a lively and interesting account of one of the key challenges facing liberal democracies.’ Lord David Willetts, author of The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children’s Future – And Why They Should Give It Back.

‘Engaging, punchy, and well-researched. A genuine page-turner – and with inspiring and practical conclusions.’ David Halpern, author of Inside the Nudge Unit and The Hidden Wealth of Nations.

‘This book is a must-read for everyone who is troubled by the current and growing divisions … Written in a very accessible style, supported by compelling examples … I cannot recommend it highly enough.’ Ted Cantle, author of Interculturalism: The New Era of Cohesion and Diversity and Chair of Belong – the Cohesion and Integration Network.

‘How to counter the demise of social solidarity is the single greatest question in western societies today. Fractured makes an enormous contribution to this debate. As a leading practitioner and intellectual, Jon Yates is well-placed to diagnose … and to work out what to do about it.’ Eric Kaufmann, author of WhiteShift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities.