Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.5
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
67402
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.05
Description
Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences as she joins the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive.