Nickel and Dimed by BARBARA EHRENREICH
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Nichel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for "one book" initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America- the story of Barbara Ehrenreich's attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate - has become an essential part of the nation's political discourse.
Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nichel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.
"Jarring, full of riveting grit.. This book is already unforgettable.?"
-SUSANNAH MEADOWS, Newsweck
"Valuable and illuminating... We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage. ... She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism?"
-DOROTHY GALLAGHER, The New York Times Book Review
"Impassioned, fascinating, profoundly significant, and wildly entertaining...
I kept grabbing family members and phoning friends to read passages aloud."
-FRANCINE PROSE, O: The Oprah Magazine
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