Nickel and dimed [sound recording] : [on (not) getting by in America] / by Barbara Ehrenreich.
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SoundPublication details: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, LLC, p2004.Edition: Unabridged edDescription: 7 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419305077
- 9781419305078
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Main Library | Audiobook | 305.569 E33 | Available | 33111006967927 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
Audio CD release of the book published c2001.
Compact disc.
Subtitle from container.
Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis.
To discover how others exist on minimum wage, the author leaves her home, takes the cheapest lodgings she can find, and accepts whatever jobs she's offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she works variously as a waitress, nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. She learned many things, including the fact that one job is not enough: you need at least two if you intend to live indoors.