i'm a bit on the fence on how i feel about this book. i felt like she had a very martyrdom attitude in the first half of the book which got old pretty fast. i'm not sure if she changed in the second half or i did, but i really enjoyed reading about her time in MN. maybe it was because i worked in "...
Mostly, this book just made me sad. While the author addresses a real problem (though she only scratches the surface), but leaves us without any real solutions. I don't blame her for that, I don't think there ARE any good solutions. The social programs we currently have in effect aren't working, ...
If you have ever worked in the food, retail or any other service requiring physical labor for low pay, had to live from paycheck to paycheck or worse, there is no reason to read this book. Having lived on that side most of my life, and still some what do, I found the book to be whinny, repetative an...
I think the entire point of this book was to 'prove' that minimum wage jobs by their very nature and pay scale CANNOT support people, even people with all the advantages she had (and none of the additional disadvantages the poor often have.)I don't see this book as even trying to be any kind of an e...
I made the mistake of looking over some of the reviews when I was adding it here to my list. The opinions are pretty divided: the conservatives pretty much attack her credentials (or attack her ad hominem; point is sympathy is usually lacking in these folks), and those who agree seem to do uncritica...
This book is about America's working poor and though I found it interesting it is only a very small window into the lives of these people. The author has many advantages over her co-workers and this shows through loud and clear during her experiment. She also has a somewhat elitist attitude towards ...
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