Nickel and Dimed
~ Barbara Ehrenreich, Frances Fox Piven
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GeckoGirl
~ 54-year-old woman in Scappoose, OR
Nickel and Dimed
“She is thorough, and adept at making the reader feel the struggles and impossibility of the situations so many "working" class...”
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“I was in the Peace Corps in Zaire, and this book brought it all back--the jungles, the feasts, the village "elders". Completely...”
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~ 36-year-old woman in Highland, IN
Nickel and Dimed
“this was great”
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“it was so passionate and colorful. I loved it.”
patgo
~ 26-year-old man in San Francisco, CA
Nickel and Dimed
“This is a must-read. Really taught me to appreciate the many luxuries that I grew up with....”
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A few comments on Nickel and Dimed (5)
Sep 21, 2010, 8:37 PM
ClubbedOutofBookClub, a 49-year-old woman in Cathedral City
“I agree; even though this books sets out to explain "how people manage" (and Ehrenreich does a great job of living/showing the life of the minimum wage worker) I still marvel how anyone can shelter/eat/transport on min. wage.”
Sep 21, 2010, 10:31 PM
Pulp, a 45-year-old man in Weehawken
“I guess it's by holding down multiple jobs and having no money in the bank, which probably represents a pretty big percentage of the US population.”
Sep 3, 2010, 6:56 PM
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WilliamWimble, a 43-year-old man in New York
“I loved this book! Bait and Switch was fantastic, too.”