“It is no secret that living on minimum wage earnings will lead to nothing but frustration as one attempts to live a simple existence. Barbara Ehrenreich set out to attempt to live as many Americans do today-on a minimum wage salary. A powerful scene from the novel was when Barbara was working for The Maids, a cleaning service, and at one point had to get down on her hands and knees. The significance of the scene had to do with the fact that Barbara began to feel inferior to those that hired her. Another powerful scene from the novel was when Barbara spoke to a woman named Caroline, who had at one point struggled just as she did then, to exist a compatible life on a minimum wage salary. This meeting made Barbara realize that that which she was attempting to experience was lived through by many everyday, although these many do not choose to do so. I really hated this book because I did not think it necessary for Barbara to explore that which is obvious-living comfortably on a minimum wage salary is nearly impossible. ”
JESSICA S wrote this review Tuesday, September 9 2008.
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