Nickel and Dimed

Undercover in Low-Wage America

Barbara Ehrenreich (Y), Polly Toynbee

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Granta Books
01 June 2021

Memoirs; Poverty & unemployment; Labour economics

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.

By: Barbara Ehrenreich (Y)
Introduction by: Polly Toynbee
Imprint: Granta Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 173g
ISBN: 9781783787548
ISBN 10: 1783787546
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage America

'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