Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America cover

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara

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.