description: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
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: Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Politics, School, Poverty, Nonfiction, Adult, Memoir, Economics
ratings_count: 190014
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Demco Media