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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

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Original Title:	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
ISBN:	0805063897 (ISBN13: 9780805063899)
Edition Language:	English URL http://us.macmillan.com/nickelanddimed/BarbaraEhrenreich
Literary Awards:	Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2001), ALA Alex Award (2002)

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Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate stratagems for survival.

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, 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-$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 stratagems 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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Title	:	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Author	:	Barbara Ehrenreich
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2002 by Owl Books (Henry Holt) (first published May 8th 2001)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Sociology. Politics. Economics. Autobiography. Memoir. Social Issues. Poverty. Social Movements. Social Justice

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Okay, I suddenly got a Like on my non-review of this book, so I'm going to say a few words about it, which I've thought off and on for a while.I've seen very put-downish reviews here on GR about the book, and more so about the author.It's held that Ehrenreich was a fake, had no idea what the working poor face, was just trying to make a buck off them, the book totally discredited because she had money and could just walk away when she was finished, or if she got in trouble, yada yada. This sort

DISCLAIMER: This is my rant on the classic Marxist rant by Barbara Ehrenreich in the form of Nickel and Dimed. REALLY. I am not saying that we should not help poor people. I am mostly just annoyed by the author. If my political ranting will bother you, please don't read this. AND if you do, you are not allowed to think less of me. You may disagree, but know that I actually am a nice, caring, empathetic person. :) Unfortunately, Ehrenreich did not present much shocking or new information in her

Raise your hand if you have ever worked a minimum wage job. (It wasn't pleasant, was it?) Now, keep your hand raised if you STILL work a minimum wage job. Whoa. A lot of hands just went down. A LOT. And that is the point Barbara Ehrenreich doesn't entertain. While Nickel and Dimed is interesting and in some ways eye-opening, it isnt a particularly well-researched or well-argued economic or social commentary. Its more of a journalism feature with some editorial opinions thrown in. The rhetoric is

As someone who grew up as part of the "working poor," I have had all of these kinds of jobs myself at one time or another. Most of my family members still do. So for me, Nickel and Dimed was kind of a big "DUH." I mean, seriously, does any of this come as a surprise to anyone? Did anyone ever really think it was easy to make ends meet off of a low/minimum wage job? It's a preposterous idea.In my opinion, Ehrenreich's writing has a patronizing undertone, and seeks to make the reader feel pity for

(warning, a nerve has been touched!)I have experience working with and researching programs that aid the poor and working poor. I hated this book. The only role it could play is as a weak talking piece for starting up serious discussion about the struggles and needs of the poor.Barbara Ehrenreich may have stepped outside her comfort zone and into the world of the working poor, but she did it with an educated background, with money "just in case", with a pompous attitude, and with the requirement

Dear Barbara Ehrenreich, How do I resent thee? Let me count the ways:1. You are a wealthy, highly educated person who went on a half-assed, anthropological slumming vacation.2. When said vacation was over, you told your coworkers: "Surprise! I'm not a poor person after all! I'm going back now to my comfortable life!"...and then you were surprised that those coworkers were mostly worried about the fact that they'd have to work the next shift with one less person.3. You also were surprised that

When someone works for less pay than she can live on when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other