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People Talk About Losing A Job And Finding Their Way In Today's Changing Economy
Penguin
July 2012
On Sale: July 3, 2012
480 pages ISBN: 014312255X EAN: 9780143122555 Kindle: B008JAMIRQ Paperback / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Poignant true stories of resilience, determination, and the
search for fulfillment Inspired by Studs Terkel's Working and by James Agee and
Walker Evans' Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, DW Gibson sets
off on a journey across the United States to interview
Americans who have lost their jobs. Here is the mortgage
broker who arrived at work to find the door to his office
building padlocked, the human resources executive who laid
off a couple hundred people before being laid off herself,
the husband who was laid off two weeks after his wife
learned she was pregnant, the wife who was forced to lay off
her husband. In telling the stories of people who could be our neighbors,
our friends, our relatives, Not Working holds up a mirror to
our times, showing us the individuals behind the
unemployment statistics—their fears and hopes—and offering a
map for navigating our changing economy. With an
extraordinary mix of pathos, anger, solidarity, and humor,
it brings clarity—and humanity—to the national conversation.
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