Nickled and Dimed
by
Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed is a witty, accurate portrayal of the plight of the working poor in America. Ehrenreich's writing ability is exceeded only by her insightful analysis of why we need to rethink current attitudes about who the working poor are, and why they can't pull themselves up by the apocryphal bootstraps. |
Ehrenreich, a successful writer, steps out of her upper middle class
world to take on the challenge of living on entry level wages of low skill
jobs. Her accounts of being a waitress, a cleaning maid, a Walmart employee
and more shows not only the tragic and humiliating aspects of being one
of America's working poor, but also the funny, and even the heroic nature
of those who serve our food, stock merchandise, clean and toil on subsistence
wages. Even if you already know from experience the challenges that Ehrenreich
faced, this book will change the way you look at (not) getting by in America.
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Get it from your local bookstore, or from your library. It is good reading. |
- Nancy Sherer |