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//-->1NICKEL AND DIMED2NICKEL AND DIMEDPraise for Nickel and Dimed"A brilliant on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom. No one since H. L.Mencken has assailed the smug rhetoric of prosperity with such scalpel- like precision andferocious wit."- Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear"Eloquent ... This book illuminates the invisible army that scrubs floors, waits tables, andstraightens the racks at discount stores."- Sandy Block, USA Today"Courageous ... Nickel and Dimed is a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans ... policy makers should be forced to read."- Tamara Straus, San Francisco Chronicle"I was absolutely knocked out by Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable odyssey. She hasaccomplished what no contemporary writer has even attempted-to be that `nobody' whobarely subsists on her essential labors. Not only is it must reading but it's mesmeric.Bravo!"- Studs Terkel, author of Working"Nickel and Dimed opens a window into the daily lives of the invisible workforce thatfuels the service economy, and endows the men and women who populate it with thehonor that is often lacking on the job. And it forces the reader to realize that all the good-news talk about welfare reform masks a harsher reality."- Katherine Newman, The Washington Post"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers the irony of being `nickel and dimed' duringunprecedented prosperity ... Living wages, she elegantly shows, might erase the shamethat comes from our dependence `on the underpaid labor of others.'"- Eileen Boris, The Boston Globe"It is not difficult to endorse Nickel and Dimed as a book that everyone who reads-yes,everyone - ought to read, for enjoyment, for consciousness-raising and as a call toaction."- Steve Weinberg, Chicago Tribune"Unflinching, superb ... Nickel and Dimed is an important book that should be read byanyone who has been lulled into middle-class complacency."- Vivien Labaton, Ms."Brief but intense ... Nickel and Dimed is an accessible yet relentless look at the lives ofthe American underclass."- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times3NICKEL AND DIMED"Unforgettable ... Nickel and Dimed is one of those rare books that will provoke bothoutrage and self-reflection. No one who reads this book will be able to resist its power tomake them see the world in a new way."- Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk"Observant, opinionated, and always lively ... What makes Nickel and Dimed such animportant book is how viscerally Ehrenreich demonstrates that the method of calculatingthe poverty threshold is ludicrously obsolete."- Laura Miller, Salon.com"In Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich expertly peals away the layers of selfdenial, self-interest, and self-protection that separate the rich from the poor, the served from theservers, the housed from the homeless. This brave and frank book is ultimately achallenge to create a less divided society."- Naomi Kein, author of No Logo"Piercing social criticism backed by first-rate reporting ... Ehrenreich captures not onlythe tribulations of finding and performing low-wage work, but the humiliations as well."- Eric Wieffering, Minneapolis Star Tribune"Barbara Ehrenreich's new book is absolutely riveting- it is terrific storytelling, filled withfury and delicious humor and stunning moments of the purest empathy with those whotoil beside her."- Jonathan Kozol, author of Ordinary Resurrections"Engaging ... Hopefully, Nickel and Dimed will expand public awareness of the real-world survival struggles that many faced even before the current economic downturn."- Steve Early, The Nation"Ehrenreich's account is unforgettable-heart-wrenching, infuriating, funny, smart, andempowering ... Nickel and Dimed is vintage Ehrenreich and will surely take its placeamong the classics of underground reportage."- Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American"Compulsively readable ... Ehrenreich proves, devastatingly, that jobs are not enough;that the minimum wage is an offensive joke; and that making a salary is not the samething as making a living, as making a real fife."- Alex Ohlin, The Texas Observer"Ehrenreich writes with clarity, wit, and frankness.... Nickel and Dimed is one of themost important books to be published this year, a new entry in the tradition of reportingon poverty that includes George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier and MichaelHarrington's The Other America.... Someone should read this book to George W Bush."- Chancey Mabe, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel4NICKEL AND DIMEDALSO BY BARBARA EHRENREICHBlood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of WarThe Snarling CitizenKipper's GameThe Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of GreedFear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle ClassThe Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from CommitmentRe- making Love: The Feminization of Sex(with Elizabeth Hess and Gloria Jacobs)For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women(with Deirdre English)Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers(with Deirdre English)Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness(with Deirdre English)The Mean Season: The Attack on the Welfare State(with Fred Block, Richard A. Cloward, and Frances Fox Piven)5NICKEL AND DIMEDNickel—and—DimedON (NOT) GETTINGBY IN AMERICABarbara EhrenreichA METROPOLITAN / OWL BOOKHenry Holt and Company • New York [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]