The real-life Nickel and Dimed--the author of the wildly popular -Poverty Thoughts- essay tells what it's like to be working poor in America. ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Esquire -DEVASTATINGLY SMART AND FUNNY. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief attempt, as a semi-undercover journalist, to survive on low-wage retail and service jobs. TIRADO IS THE REAL THING.---Barbara Ehrenreich, from the Foreword
As the haves and have-nots grow more separate and unequal in America, the working poor...
The real-life Nickel and Dimed--the author of the wildly popular -Poverty Thoughts- essay tells what it's like to be working poor in America...
