Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel And Dimed

This essay is about the Nickel and Dimed book that was written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Here is a quote found from the book, “Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation...none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.” Nickel and Dimed was published in May 2001. The following is cited after this paragraph, “Barbara has written many other books that have awards. She is the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller The Worst Years of Our Lives, as well as Blood Rites and Fear of Falling, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award.” (Back cover of the Nickel and Dimed online book by Barbara Ehrenreich) In the book Nickel and Dimed the author decided to attempt a test to figure out if it is possible to live on minimum wage. The author had gone through quite a few tests with the different jobs she has had the opportunity to work with. She also worked in different locations to determine if location had an effect and a role to play on determining survivability on minimum wage. The author sets three rules for herself to …show more content…
The book isn’t completely accurate. The reason that Nickel and Dimed isn’t one hundred percent true is because the book is old fashioned. Times have changed the fascinating work environment and the availability of jobs. Availability meaning the American population has grown tremendously. You must also keep in mind that what she wrote was from her memory. She was not always able to record her findings in a timely manner because other people would become suspicious. The book isn’t completely accurate to what she had actually gone through during those days that she was recording evidence. She could have changed quite a bit of her adventures. Most likely to make the book sound more interesting than it actually had been for her at the time