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Shop Canada: Books, Gifts, Music, Video and DVD from Chapters-Indigo (Canada) and Amazon (Canada) Nickel And Dimed: On (not) Getting By In America Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Trade Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $18.95 You could save $1.90 (10%) with our iREWARDS Program Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) ISBN: 0805063897 Published: April 2002 | Published by Owl From the Publisher Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job — any job — can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing-home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. She lived in trailer parks and crumbling residential motels. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-rent America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity — a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate stratagems for survival. Read it for the smoldering clarity of Ehrenreich's perspective and for a rare view of how "prosperity" looks from the bottom. You will never see anything — from a motel bathroom to a restaurant meal — in quite the same way again. Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher Current Events Homelessness International Mass Media Military Peace Political Browse Books View all Categories Video - Science Fiction & Fantasy › Video - Comedies › Books - Health and Well Being › Books - Sports › Chapters DVD - Action & Adventure › Music - Electronic › Chapters For Her - Romantic › Video - Comedies › Chapters Video - Action & Adventure › Chapters For Him - Fun & Games › Chapters For Her - Spa › Books - Religion and Spirituality › Chapters for Kids - Plush › Chapters Occasions - Gift Baskets › Chapters Occasions - New Baby › Books - Health and Well Being › Books - Home and Garden › Music - Jazz Vocal › Books - Fiction and Literature › Chapters For Him - Travel › Chapters Books Vancouver • Chapters Indigo Com • Chapters Indigo Online • Indigo And Chapters • Chapters Langley • Chapters Website • Chapters London • www.Chapters.Indigo.ca • www.Chapters.Indigo.ca • Chapters London • Canadian Stores • Bible Chapters • Chapters Victoria BC • Chapters Store Locations • Chapters Indigo Online • Chapters Bookstore Online • Shop Canada • Chapters Indego • Chapters Indigo Online • Canadian Stores • Shop Canada • Chapters Book Store • Chaptersbooks • Chapters Indigo Coupon • Chapters Website • Chapters: Chapters-Indigo Stores Chapters-Indigo Website