Nickel And Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
On (Not) Getting By in America
The book is a firsthand journalistic account of the author's experiment to survive on minimum wage jobs in America. She gives up her middle-class life to understand the reality of low-wage workers, working as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a retail chain employee. The book reveals the harsh and often overlooked conditions of the working poor, highlighting the struggle to afford even basic necessities, the lack of job security, and the physical toll of such work.
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- Published
- 2001
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 221-240
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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This book is on the following 13 lists:
- 5th on Ms. Readers’ 100 Best Feminist Non-Fiction Books of All Time (Ms. Magazine)
- 8th on The 30 best nonfiction books of the last 30 years (Los Angeles Times)
- 13th on The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian)
- 57th on 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (NY Times)
- 60th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 633rd on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 100 Books to Love (Sunday Times)
- 100 Great Narrative Nonfiction Books (The Electric Typewriter)
- 100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction (ThoughtCo)
- Books of the Decade (The Guardian)
- Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults (Book)
- The Best Books of the 2000s (The Onion AV Club)
- Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books (Time Magazine)