Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Family, Friendship and Intimacy: A Relational Approach to Everyday Austerity.Chapter 3: Everyday Social Infrastructures and Tapestries of Care in Times of Austerity.Chapter 4: Austere Intimacies and Intimate Austerities.Chapter 5: The Personal is Political (and Relational). Chapter 6: A Very Personal Crisis: Family Fragilities and Everyday Conjunctures in Austerity.Chapter 7: Conclusion.