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The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage.
Owl Books
May 2002
240 pages
ISBN: 0805063897
Paperback (reprint)
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Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one
day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was
inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare
reform, which promised that any job equals a better life.
But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 to $7
an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich moved from Florida to
Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available
and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house
cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. She
soon discovered that even the "lowliest" occupations
require exhausting mental and physical efforts. And one job
is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live
indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-wage America in all its
tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity -- a land of
Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategies
for survival. Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor,
and passion, this book is changing the way America
perceives its working poor.
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