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Poverty wages hide behind the American dream’s shiny facade.

Nickel and Dimed

Undercover in Low-Wage America

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    240 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2021

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Summary

Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. Leaving her home, she took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-rent America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity, exposing the darker side of American prosperity and the true cost of the American dream.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783787548
ISBN-10:1783787546
Author:Barbara Ehrenreich, Polly Toynbee
Publisher:Granta Books
Imprint:Granta Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:1 June 2021
Weight:173g
Dimensions:14mm x 129mm x 198mm
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - ISBN: 9781783787548
129 × 198 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘An extraordinary achievement…surely one of the most gripping political books ever written’ - Observer

‘A valuable and illuminating book…Barbara Ehrenreich is now our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism’ - New York Times

About The Author

Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fifteen books, including the bestselling Smile or Die and Nickel and Dimed. She has written for Time, Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine and various British newspapers including The Times and the Guardian. She lives in Virginia, USA.

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