Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor, and passion, this book is changing the way America perceives its working poor.
"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 strategies for survival. And one job is not enough you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Everything you need for every book you read. She soon discovered that even the "lowliest" occupations require exhausting mental and physical efforts. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents Struggling with distance learning Our Teacher Edition on Nickel and Dimed can help.
But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 to $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 was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. This study guide for Barbara Ehrenreichs Nickel and Dimed: On (NOT) Getting By in America offers summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other. Urn:oclc:861876731 Republisher_date 20131210010839 Republisher_operator Scandate 20131130013433 Scanner "New York Times" bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Ni"ckel and Dimed" has already become a classic of undercover reportage.
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