Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (20th Anniversary Edition)
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The bestselling landmark work of undercover reportage, from our sharpest and most original social critic.
Nickel and Dimed is a publishing phenomenon that has sold more than two and a half million copies. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America - the story of Barbara Ehrenreich's attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart associate - has become an essential part of the national discourse. Now, in a new foreword, Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, explains why, twenty years on in America, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.
Nickel and Dimed is a publishing phenomenon that has sold more than two and a half million copies. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America - the story of Barbara Ehrenreich's attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart associate - has become an essential part of the national discourse. Now, in a new foreword, Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, explains why, twenty years on in America, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.