Koury Center
7:30 p.m.
Admission by ticket only:$12.00 or Elon ID*
Nickel and Dimed is Elon’s 2004-2005 Common Reading. The book recoutns the experiences of award-winning political essayist and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich when she joined the million of Americans that work for poveryt-level wages. She took entry-level service positions to see if anyone could survive, let alone prosper, iin these jobs. Traveling across the country, she worked as a waitress, hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. Very quickly, she discovered that these low-wage jobs require exhausting mental and muscular effort. A contributing writer for Time since 1990, Ehrenreich’s books include The Worst Years of our Lives (a New York Times bestseller) and Fear of Falling.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum, General Studies and the Office of Cultural Programs