![]() Watching her struggle to find housing, work back-breaking and mind-numbing jobs, and appreciate first hand how difficult life at the poverty level is. She began as a waitress in Key West, worked in housekeeping and elderly care in Maine, and finally at Walmart in Minnesota. nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in americaīarbara Ehrenreich is a journalist and author and, at the challenge of a friend, decided to take on lower-class life and see if it was possible to survive financially. This title seemed vaguely familiar to me (I’m sure I heard about it somewhere seeing as it was a best seller), and when I came across a reference to it on All and Sundry as she tried to find a housekeeping service, I read a few reviews of it on Amazon and promptly put in a request for it at the library (have I mention how much I love and adore our library?). I like knowing all about big industries in our country and how they function. I read Fast Food Nation the summer after my freshman year in college and loved it. I like reading about the “behind the scenes” in American life. ![]() I love books like Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America for some reason. ![]()
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