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This exposé puts human flesh on the bones of such abstractions as "living wage" and "affordable housing." Ehrenreich worked, for a month at a time, at "unskilled" jobs—as a waitress and chambermaid in Florida, a housecleaner and nursing-home aide in Maine, a Wal-Mart clerk in Minnesota—to report on how people survive on wages of six or seven dollars an hour. In an easy, conversational style, she brings us the daily life of the working poor and shows that their diligence and good nature cannot earn them a place to live—a social worker advised Ehrenreich to move to a shelter—or medical or dental care or, in some cases, enough to eat. In her last chapter, Ehrenreich suggests that the working poor are "the major philanthropists of our society," sacrificing their families, their health, their privacy, and their leisure so that the rest of us can live more cheaply and conveniently.
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". . . you will read this explosive little book cover to cover and pass it on to all your friends and relatives."
--Diana Henriques,
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"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already unforgettable."
--Susannah Meadows,
Newsweek

"Angry, amusing . . . An in-your-face expose."
--Anne Colamosca,
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"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers . . . the irony of being nickel and dimed during unprecedented prosperity."
--Eileen Boris,
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"Ehrenreich is a superb and relaxed stylist [with] a tremendous sense of rueful humor."
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"Barbara Ehrenreich . . . is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0805063897
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Holt Paperbacks (May 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780805063899
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805063899
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1340L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.92 x 0.69 x 7.78 inches
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BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in Virginia, USA.

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