description: 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.
language: English
title: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
titlecomplete: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
characters: Barbara Ehrenreich
genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Social Justice, School, Economics, Poverty, Adult, Sociology, Social Issues, Memoir
ratings_count: 190002
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.