Nickel and Dimed (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Nickel and Dimed Wednesday, November 11 2009.

Timothy Gray changed the title of Nickel and Dimed Wednesday, November 11 2009.

Amanda L edited the quotations of Nickel and Dimed Sunday, August 30 2009.

• Added a quotation: “... a lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness.”

Shelfari edited the quotations of Nickel and Dimed Wednesday, August 12 2009.

• Added a quotation: “barely support herself by the sweat of her brow”
• Added a quotation: “the stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents”

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Nickel and Dimed Wednesday, August 12 2009.

• Mostly out of laziness, I decide to start my low-wage life in the mines andtown nearest to where I never got through college, I am "baby," "honey," "blondie," and, most commonly, "girl." My first taskactually live, Key West, Florida, which with a population of about 25,000 is elbowing its way up to findthe status of a place to live.genuine city.

Amanda approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 23 books, including Nickel and Dimed, Wednesday, August 12 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Nickel and Dimed Saturday, August 1 2009.

• The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Ni ckel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 to $7 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich moved from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. She soon discovered that even the "lowliest" occupations require exhausting mental and physical efforts. And one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity -- a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategies for survival. Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor, and passion, this book is changing the way America perceives its working poor.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Nickel and Dimed Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Barbara Ehrenreich:

Shelfari edited the contributors of Nickel and Dimed Friday, July 17 2009.

• Added a contributor: Barbara Ehrenreich: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Nickel and Dimed Friday, July 17 2009.

• the mines and I never got through college, I am "baby," "honey," "blondie," and, most commonly, "girl." My first task is to find a place to live.