Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich audiobook

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

By Barbara Ehrenreich
Read by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc. 9780805063882

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: Library CD
  • 2 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781665013581

  • ISBN: 9798212001878

Runtime: 8.23 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Social Science
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A London Guardian Pick of Best Books of the 21st Century

Winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest

Winner of a 2002 YALSA Alex Award

A New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books for Nonfiction

An Indie Next Recommendation

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times bestseller list since its publication. 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.

A successful author, Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in a blue-collar America obsessed with welfare “reform.” Her first job is waitressing, which pulls in a measly $2.43 an hour plus tips. She moves around the country, trying her hand as a maid, a nursing home assistant, and a Wal-Mart salesperson. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers take multiple thankless jobs just to keep a roof overhead.

Often humorous and always illuminating, Nickel and Dimed is a remarkable exposé of the ugly flip side of the American dream.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Captivating…promise that you will read this explosive little book cover to cover and pass it on to all your friends and relatives.” —New York Times
“Impassioned, fascinating, profoundly significant, and wildly entertaining…Nickel and Dimed is not only important but transformative in its insistence that we take a long hard look at the society we live in.”  —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Valuable and illuminating…Barbara Ehrenreich is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism.” —New York Times Book Reveiw
“The US economy as she experienced it is full of routine humiliation, with demands as high as the rewards are low. Two decades on, this still reads like urgent news.” —The Guardian (London)
“Ehrenreich is passionate, public, hotly lucid, and politically engaged.” —Chicago Tribune
“Ehrenreich’s scorn withers, her humor stings, and her radical light shines on.” —Boston Globe

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Author

Author Bio: Barbara Ehrenreich

Author Bio: Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022) authored over a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Living with a Wild God, and The Worst Years of Our Lives. An award-winning journalist, she frequently contributed to Harper’s, The Nation, the New York Times, and Time magazine. She was born in Butte, Montana, studied physics at Reed College, and earned a PhD in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalism.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Social Science
Runtime: 8.23
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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