Nickle and Dimed

"How, in particular, were the roughly four million women about to be booted into the labor market by welfare reform going to make it on $6 or $7 and hour?" This is the premise for Nickel and Dimed written by Barbara Ehenreich. This book follow her experiment of living as a woman making minimum wage jobs is all over the country. This is an interesting story by itself, but when you really look at the way she presents it to the audience it's very interesting. She uses vocabulary that everyone can understand, did a project that everyone can relate to and presented it in a way that many people would enjoy reading

For instance " But, guess what, she reports to me later that evening, Phillip has given her permission to park overnight in the hotel parking lot, as long as she keeps out of sight, and the parking lot should be totally safe since it's patrolled by the hotel security guard!" This is a quote straight from page 32. It shows you how simply she writes. She could have written " It was a shock upon my psyche when, my supervisor Phillip, granted my colleague permission to reside her vehicle withing the parking facility adjacent to the hotel, the the restriction that the vehicle not be visible by potential customers, it was further stated that the parking facility contains the greatest level of security, because it is routinely inspected by security personnel." But, she didn't write that. She wrote the above because others feel more comfortable with that language. She also picked a project that everyone can relate to. How many people do you know work a minimum wage job? Every one of you can answer that question. By writing in a style that everyone can relate to and creating a project that everyone has been through it makes the book very enjoyable.