This last point became all the more noticeable to me, personally, as this week I moved to a low-income neighborhood 2 miles north of the Detroit border. The events portrayed in the non-fiction work take place between 19 and investigates the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the \”working poor.\”Įhrenreich addresses the “too lazy to work” and “a job will defeat poverty” ideals held by conservatives and showcases many of the difficulties faced by those who work jobs with realistically low wages, including the “hidden costs” involved in life necessities like shelter (the poor often have to spend much more on daily hotel costs than they would pay to rent an apartment if they could afford the security deposit and first-and-last month fees), and food (the poor have to buy food that is both more expensive and less healthy than they would if they had access to refrigeration and appliances needed to cook).
Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in Americais one of the top ten most frequently challenged books of 2010- coming in at number 8- according to the American Library Association.
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