Nickel and Dimed Critique

In this critique I have found on Nickel and Dimmed taken from the New York Post a very popular source for reviews in America, in the first few sentences I have realised that this woman is a very powerful person, someone who would make something out of nothing with the very little she had. The title of the review is, appropriately called 'Making Ends Meet'.

She was earning no more than £7-8 an hour which was considered not a living wage.

The review states that Ehrenreich, even though she had very little, what ever she did she said she is just doing what any other person would do: find work, do the job and get paid for it. She was a divorced homemaker making ends meet.

She describes what her co- workers living conditions were like, with four co-workers living in a two- bedroom flat. She says she had to travel a 45 minute journey to work everyday on the highway. This to me shows that she was determined to work hard for things in life, no matter what.

In the review she gives what seems to be tips on how to survive on a low budget- especially focusing on how and where to eat.

She refers to the surrounding living conditions as difficult and an actual misery. Her hours are eventually cut down at her job s she decides to get a second job which now means she is working a 14 hour day.

What I like about this review is that the writer thanks the author of the book for giving readers an isight to her life and how she coped in such poor conditions and gave advice on how to survive.

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