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

Barbara Ehrenreich

Aug 2004 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

An insightful book into the plight of the working poor that is as relevant today as when it was written. As someone who has spent years as a low wage factory worker, I can tell you the stories and experiences are quite genuine and told from a very human perspective. Great book and an easy read.

This is the absolute most boring and worst book I have ever read. Even if you ignore the complete liberal propaganda this book is, it's just mindlessly boring.

Excellent

About the author

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites"; "The Worst Years of Our Lives"; "Fear of Falling", which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, & eight other books. A frequent contributor to Time, Harper's, Esquire, The New Republic, Mirabella, The Nation, The New York Magazine, she lives near Key West, Florida.