The worst years of ourlives
Subtitle: irreverent notes from a decade of greed
By: Barbara Ehrenreich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1981- -- Humor.
Description: Ehrenreich here reprints a selection of her elegantly satirical essays that were originally published in Ms., Mother Jones and other journals during the Reagan years, articles in which she skewers political figures and others for causing a decay in human values. A strong sense of the ridiculous informs Ehrenreich's attack on those she judges guilty: phony evangelists, moneyed polluters and developers, Wall Street bandits, officials heedless of the poor. There are pieces on Nancy Reagan's memoir My Turn and on Oliver North as warrior prince of the secret government. The book has its critics, but Ehrenreich could also promote healthy rebellions in her role as someone who doesn't suffer fools at all, let alone grudgingly.--adapted from Publishers Weekly.