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| 1. | Amazon.com's Best of 2001 |
| Essayist and cultural critic Barbara Ehrenreich has always specialized in
turning received wisdom on its head with intelligence, clarity, and verve.
With some 12 million women being pushed into the labor market... read full editorial |
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| 2. | From Publishers Weekly |
| In contrast to recent books by Michael Lewis and Dinesh D'Souza that
explore the lives and psyches of the New Economy's millionares, Ehrenreich
(Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, etc.) turns her
gimlet... read full editorial |
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| 3. | From School Library Journal |
| Adult/High School-Between 1998 and 2000, Ehrenreich spent about three
months in three cities throughout the nation, attempting to "get by" on
the salary available to low-paid and unskilled workers. Beginning with
advantages... read full editorial |
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| 4. | From Library Journal |
| A close observer and astute analyzer of American life (The Worst Years of
Our Life and The Fear of Falling), Ehrenreich turns her attention to what
it is like trying to subsist while working in low-paying jobs. Inspired... read full editorial |
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| 5. | The New York Times |
| "One of today's most original writers." --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition. |
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| 6. | The Boston Globe |
| "Ehrenreich's scorn withers, her humor stings, and her radical light shines
on." --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition. |
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| 7. | From Booklist |
| This is social critic Ehrenreich's twelfth book, an on-the-job study of how
a single mother (or anyone else) leaving welfare could survive without
government assistance in the form of food stamps, Medicaid, and housing... read full editorial |
