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On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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by Emily Guendelsberger
Published Jul 2020
Read ReviewsThe bitingly funny, eye-opening story of a college-educated young professional who finds work in the automated and time-starved world of hourly labor.
by Alissa Quart
Published May 2019
Read ReviewsFamilies today are squeezed on every side - from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular working hours. Many realize that attaining the standard of living their parents managed has become impossible.
by Aman Sethi
Published Oct 2013
Read ReviewsIn a time of global economic strain, this is an unforgettable evocation of persistence in the face of poverty in one of the worlds largest cities.
by Leslie T. Chang
Published Aug 2009
Read ReviewsAn eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.
by Sonia Nazario
Published Jan 2007
Read ReviewsA true story from award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounting the odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States.
by Norah Vincent
Published Dec 2006
Read ReviewsHaving gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any significant length of time, let alone eighteen months, Norah Vincent's surprising account is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally based gender analysis that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation.
by Susan Linn
Published Aug 2005
Read ReviewsA shocking exposé of the $15 billion marketing maelstrom aimed at our children and how we can stop it.
by Wann, de Graaf, Naylor
Published Aug 2002
Read ReviewsA fast-paced, very readable book that shows how to "beat the affluence bug" and achieve healthier, happier lives.
by Ann Crittenden
Published Jan 2002
Read ReviewsBold and galvanizing, full of innovative solutions, The Price of Motherhood reveals the glaring disparity between the value created by mothers' work and the reward women receive for carrying out society's most important job.
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