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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.569092
EAN: 9780805088380
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0805088385
Label: Holt Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Studio: Holt Paperbacks
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Editorial Review:
The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated
Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Excellent, Unbiased, well written and documented
I originally read this book when it was first published! I found it hard hitting, have quoted from it frequently and have recommended it to numerous indivduals.
I feel her book does not go far enough because, let us be honest, she knew she would "get out" of the circumstances it was an experiement for her, so that kept her form hitting the despair, total desperation, and fear that her children would never have full tummies; this si the plight of the working poor everywhere in America. ... Read More
Rating: - Inside experience of the agony of minimum wage
The most unsettling aspect of Barbara Ehrenreich's eye-opening foray into the world of the working poor is that the situation hasn't improved. In fact, it's gotten worse. The U.S. economy was booming in the late 1990s when she began her project, working anonymously in various minimum-wage jobs and reporting about the experience. Though she steps in and out of the lives of the minimum-wage workers who befriend her, she is a very powerful, effective advocate for them. In her book, she shows that living ... Read More
Rating:  - nickel and dimed
the book arrived in a timely manner and is in excellent condition as described. I will definitly buy again.
Rating:  - Hypocritical to the max!
There are certainly many issues facing those who are trying to climb up from low paying and/or minimum wage jobs. However, this author's attitude that all those in this position are helpless victims doomed to lifelong poverty is ridiculous! As is the idea that anyone NOT mired in a tedious, low-paying job is somehow bad and to be blamed for those who are. She identifies with the poor almost pathologically without fair consideration to all involved, including the employers. And I found that very strange ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing with few insights
The only reason I gave two stars to this book is because at least Ehrenreich tried to write about an important topic. But her execution falls well below the mark, and the book turns out to be more about a journalist pretending to be a low-income worker than about the lives of the low-income workers she's supposedly studying. It is, by turns, whiny, preachy, self-righteous, facile, and annoying -- much more often than it's insightful, which it is maybe a handful of times (if that) throughout the book. (The footnotes ... Read More
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