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

· Recorded Books · Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
5 reviews
Audiobook
8 hr 13 min
Unabridged
Eligible
Want a free 5 min sample? Listen anytime, even offline. 
Add

About this audiobook

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable...

Discover more

Ratings and reviews

5 reviews
Hunter von Hollen
March 6, 2025
Poor haha I've been reading this book in class as a requirement for a English project I'm not so I'm not so anti libertarian or some along those lines. But book just seem to be a high nose women who think she has it all. Now working a 9-5 is some suicidal death sentence. And seem to keep tabs on all her coworkers and do her background in write she breaks down most employees and what wrong. She just seem to make most mole hill problems into mountains and she really trying to stretch out the book.
Did you find this helpful?
Brandon
September 4, 2018
This is the absolute most boring and worst book I have ever read. Even if you ignore the complete liberal propaganda this book is, it's just mindlessly boring.
4 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Nicholas Schumacher
May 8, 2023
An insightful book into the plight of the working poor that is as relevant today as when it was written. As someone who has spent years as a low wage factory worker, I can tell you the stories and experiences are quite genuine and told from a very human perspective. Great book and an easy read.
Did you find this helpful?

About the author

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites"; "The Worst Years of Our Lives"; "Fear of Falling", which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, & eight other books. A frequent contributor to Time, Harper's, Esquire, The New Republic, Mirabella, The Nation, The New York Magazine, she lives near Key West, Florida.
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites"; "The Worst Years of Our Lives"; "Fear of Falling", which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, & eight other books. A frequent contributor to Time, Harper's, Esquire, The New Republic, Mirabella, The Nation, The New York Magazin...

Rate this audiobook

Tell us what you think.

Listening information

Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.

More by Barbara Ehrenreich

Similar audiobooks

Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis