Hello!
Can you please help us get the word out about our October book group selection? The book -- "http://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0805063897" -- is well worth reading in this era in which so many workers -- particularly in our area -- are eking out a living on low wages.
Thank you!
Pat
Member, Oconee Democrats
706/353-8310
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The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will read Barbara Ehrenreich's critically lauded "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America" for their October book.
The thought-provoking, impassioned book about the working poor was a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of the Year (in 2001). Ehrenreich, an essayist and investigative reporter, recounts her experiences working undercover in a series of low-wage jobs while she struggles to make ends meet and find safe housing drawing only on her earnings.
Business Week described the book as "Angry, amusing . . . an in-your-face expose." Newsweek called the book "unforgettable" and "jarring, full of riveting grit."
Pat Priest, the founder of the book group, said, "We wanted to tackle this sobering but important work about the sometimes-desperate lives of people in America who are barely getting by despite their hard work. The author describes her coworkers as often living without health care and right on the edge of homelessness."
The group will discuss the book October 28th at 6 PM at Five Points Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway. Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome. For more information, contact Pat Priest
(
ppriest@charter.net).
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