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Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them in order to find out how anyone survives on six dollars an hour. “Jarring . . . fully of riveting grit . . . this book is already unforgettable.” — The New York TimesMillions 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 a job — any job — can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing-home aide, and a Walmart sales clerk. She lived in trailer parks and crumbling residential motels. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," and that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort.“Captivating . . . promise that you will read this explosive little book cover to cover and

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Author

Barbara Ehrenreich

Publisher

Owl Books (Henry Holt)

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805063899

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.6 / 5 (153,869 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14