From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-life Nickel and Dimed , as Linda Tirado explains what it's like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do. We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America (yes, you ...
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From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-life Nickel and Dimed , as Linda Tirado explains what it's like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do. We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America (yes, you can be poor and live in a house and have a job, even two), but what poverty is truly like--on all levels. In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why "poor people don't always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should."
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If you've ever felt smug (as I have) because you've always been able to pay your bills, this will open your eyes. Yes, some poor people make bad decisions, as we all do, but it's more complicated than that. Losing a job, and having your apartment flood in the same month is enough to tip someone from comfort to living on the edge. A difficult divorce many years ago may have done the same thing to me but I had a safety net, my father who loaned me money. W/o that, I would probably still be living hand to mouth.
