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by deeblackthorne , Jun 06 '08
Pros: engaging project, occasionally strong language can charge the reader
Cons: distanced narration/lack of investment, lacking substantive qualitative content, disappointing end result to the project
Barbara Ehrenreich's 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a New York Times best seller. Ehrenreich undertakes a lofty mission in her book: to relocate to three different cities and hold one or more menial jobs ...
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by leftrevolution , Mar 26 '08
Pros: Exposing America's indifference and unfairness to employees who keep the country running.
Cons: Annoyingly unemotional at critical junctures.
Ehrenreich's ethno-sociological foray into the back breaking work of the lower-lower class of the grand old USA, is a disturbing call to action for those who have never seen the working side of a kitchen or warehouse. The author puts her self into the ...
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by hobb2712 , Oct 19 '06
Pros: Interesting and readable perspective on the America social class system and the working poor
Cons: Flawed sociological experiment
I read “Nickel and Dimed” in college for a Business Perspectives. Recently, I was at a fast food restaurant and overheard two workers discussing their wages with another patron. They made seven dollars an hour. Seven dollars an hour for forty ...
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by germank106  - Top 500, Aug 25 '05
Pros: Ehrenreich tried to bring up a few valid points about being poor.
Cons: Preachy, falls flat of explaining the lifestyle.
My son brought this book home for a High School reading assignment. I ended up reading it and with each page I got more and more infuriated with the "Poverty Wannabe" Barbara Ehrenreich. Barbara Ehrenreich is a well-educated, financially well off ...
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by anavrin27 , Apr 07 '05
Pros: easy and entertaining read, subject matter is important
Cons: the author is a little hoity-toity for me
I've read this book a total of about 10 times, each time discovering more and more things to agree with, be angry about, or share with others. The premise of Nickel and Dimed is pretty neat. An upper middle class white, female journalist enters the ...
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by msmorvay - Top 500, Mar 02 '05
Pros: Interesting concept, the author was brave.
Cons: Drags a little at times
If you were a highly educated, well paid writer, and author of several books would you throw it all away for a period of time just to see how the other half lives? That is exactly what author Barbara Ehrenreich sets out to do when she decides to write ...
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by fudge23 , Aug 17 '04
Pros: Sobering, insightful, eye opening, makes you think!
Cons: depressing, hopeless for so many people.
Barbara Ehrenreich who is a major author who decides to write an expose on the invisible poor or the working poor that live in our America. This short book (only about 200 pages) book was recommended to my by my female graduate professor. I am getting ...
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by Bounty628 , Mar 07 '04
Pros: Interesting topic is explored and is very well written
Cons: Some might dismiss it is liberal jargon
In America, Conservatives typically lead a charge against raising the minimum wage to a level that is fair and livable for those people who are employed in positions that pay the minimum wage. To any of my own Conservative readers, I would urge you to ...
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by keg226 , Feb 14 '04
Pros: Interesting read about the life of lower class Americans.
Cons: A lot of people surprisingly hate this book
Written in the first person, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Enrenreich, is a narrative of one woman’s attempt to give a voice to the low-wage workers of America. Enrenreich’s novel is backed with massive research ...
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by asyf25 , Dec 29 '03
Pros: An important work in an underreported subject area.
Cons: So screedy I just tuned right out.
As a journalism student, there's nothing I hate more than a good story ruined by too much opinionated interference, on either side of the spectrum, from the Village Voice to Fox News. And I think Nickle falls into this trap. It could have been an ...
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by sardav , Oct 06 '03
Pros: Fast read, thought provoking, interesting, funny bathroom cleaning commentary
Cons: Lacks a unifying idea, the author gets a little too political also is a whiner
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich has been recommended to me numerous times over the last few years. The premise is very appealing: The author, a writer and lecturer with a PhD, decides to get the real story behind the experiences of the worki ...
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by knotheadusc  in Books, - Top 500, Jul 13 '03
Pros: Brings up a lot of great points that most people don't consider.
Cons: Perhaps Ehrenreich is not the best judge.
I picked this book up when it first came out, in May 2000. It was sitting out prominently on a shel ...
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by CyndiA in Books, - Top 50, May 03 '03
Pros: Excellent story and research.
Cons: The writer misses the mark in a few spots.
If you’re sick and tired of seeing poor people on the street begging for dollars to “get food” when they could walk right across the street and respond to the “help wanted” sign in the window at Taco Bell, then don’t miss...
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by jordan_tar , Apr 03 '03
Pros: A fascinating read
Cons: Bias might irritate closeminded readers
I can't think how many times I've gone into service establishments - clothing stores, fast-food restaurants - and imagined what it'd be like to work there. Here, Barbara Ehrenreich captures the essence of the experience of working in dead-end, low-paying...
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by telynor in Books, - Top 200, Feb 18 '03
Pros: Unpleasant look at a world most of us would rather not think of.
Cons: Ehrenreich's style really got to me in places.
I had an inside joke that I would pull on my employer when I was laboring away at a major newspaper. On May first, I'd come trotting into the office whistling the Internationale. Every now and then one of my co-workers got the joke and fell over...
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