Hand to Mouth
by Linda Tirado · first published 2014
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"I've been waiting for this book for a long time. Well, not this book, because I never imagined that the book I was waiting for would be so devastatingly smart and funny, so consistently entertaining and unflinchingly on target. In fact, I would like to have written it myself - if, that is, I had lived Linda Tirado's life and extracted all the hard lessons she has learned. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief attempt, as a semi-undercover journalist, to survive on low-wage retail and service jobs. Tirado is the real thing." -from the foreword by Barbara Eh
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…home. > But yes, they skimp on everything, and then the taxpayer kicks in for their food, (frequently) shelter, healthcare, etc. Social spending isn't going to the median family. > I highly recommend Hand to Mouth by Linda Tirado for a first-hand look into being working poor in America. I don't need to read a book about it. I lived it. My friends and family still live it. Your comment is very condescending,…
on “Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage” ↗…rule own homes. > They drive a less reliable car. Or cars. But yes, they skimp on everything, and then the taxpayer kicks in for their food, (frequently) shelter, healthcare, etc. I highly recommend Hand to Mouth by Linda Tirado for a first-hand look into being working poor in America.
on “Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage” ↗Looks like she just wrote a book, "Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America" that will be available in early October: http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp... Also, shouldn't this article have a (2013) tag?
on “This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense” ↗Also this original essay on huff post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-tirado/why-poor-peoples-... And the book (Hand to Mouth) on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp...
on “Poorsplaining: What It's Really Like to Be Poor in America” ↗