Customer Review: This was me! For those who reviewed the book and said that Ehrenreich was "unrealistic", I'm going to share my story. Several years ago my ex-boyfriend and I could have been in the book; we were each working a full-time job and he also had TWO part-time jobs at the same time (one after his full-time... more info
Customer Review: It is rare that a book would get me riled up as *Nickel and Dimed* did. I truly appreciated Ehrenreich's honesty about certain things before initiating her undercover investigation on whether people on minimum wage could survive on life (basic necessities). Ehrenreich, well-educated, goes... more info
Customer Review: Ehrenreich's latest is a collection of occasional and pithy pieces published in magazines and on her blog. They're not densely argued like her more scholarly books (e.g., Blood Rites), nor sustained like her best-selling Nickel and Dimed. Instead they're intended as shots over the bow (and sometimes... more info
Customer Review: I will start this off by saying I *loved* "Nickeled and Dimed". I worked in low-end retail jobs for years and was surrounded by the kind of people she profiled, who had slipped through the cracks and couldn't climb back up. But this book was riddled with problems. She wants to write an expose... more info
Customer Review: Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, edited by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, Metropolitan Books, Holt & Co, 2002. Most of us are well aware of the patterns of illegal immigration which bring numerous undocumented workers to the US and other... more info
Customer Review: I purchased this book looking for an historical perspective of women healers. Although this book does provide a history it is extremely biased towards the feminist idealogy. The book was written in the 70's and it shows with it's bias and underlying anger. The good thing about reading this is to... more info
Customer Review: Nickeled and Dimed has an interesting premise: an upper middle class woman tries to live on wages of an unskilled jobs in three different locations in the US. Here Ehrenreich describes her experiences doing just that and tries to relate these experiences to a larger frame of reference by laying out... more info
Customer Review: I found this book fascinating as it gave me a new way to frame history through looking at the power of collective joy. While reading it, I vowed to attend our neighborhood 4th of July parade - just because my kids are grown doesn't mean I can't celebrate with my decorated bike or dog. I am also... more info
Customer Review: I came across Barbara Ehrenreich's books by chance through an assignment for a course by a professor. The first book was "Nickel and Dimed", and found it thought-provoking, especially being a single mother and being there. This book shows the that the middle class is shrinking-now, in today's... more info
Customer Review: These are not "New Ideas" This is neither "provocative" nor
"controversial" Those are bogus words intended to distance oneself from
reality. The book is REAL - any woman who has not been singled out for patronizing advice is lucky indeed or is living in a fools paradise. "Helpful... more info
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