震撼人心的一本书

Nickel and Dimed on Not getting by in America: <<五分十分，在美国无法生存>>：改编成戏剧在圣地亚哥州立大学上演。一部大学生的必读书！作者Barbara 被评论界称为资本主义社会黑暗面的报导员。
她放弃舒适的工作去体验贫困服务阶层的生活，从佛罗里达到缅因到明尼苏达，从餐馆服务员到旅店接待到 Wal-Mart 销售员. 即使这些最“低级”的工作也都耗尽身心。"Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--A land of big boxes, fast food, and 1000 desperate stratagems for survival."
作者甚至引用红宝书的话来描述服务阶层的忙碌生活：为人民服务！
当作者(Barbara Ehrenerich) 在从事这些工作的时候，对她真正的中产阶层生活有了新的认识. "The emails and phone messages addressed to my former self came from a distant race of people with exotic concerns and far too much time on their hands."这些伊妹儿和电话都来自一群遥远的追求新奇的，手里有太多时间的人。
"A brilliant on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom. The invisible army that scrubs floors, waits tables, and straightens the racks at discount stores. A superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."