The Working Poor: Invisible in America

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The Working Poor: Invisible in America
by David K. Shipler
from Vintage

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A Valuable and Affecting Learning Experience
  The poor are very visible in our society. What's far less visible is "The Working Poor", people who may have jobs, but who face consistent problems of health,low income,no benefits,little education and training, single parenthood,and so on. Pulitzer Prize winning author David Shipler has done a marvelous research job giving flesh to problems many of us may think we have some handle on. After reading his outstanding book, I found that I hardly had a clue. Dozens of interviews have produced a truly... more info

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• The Working Poor
  The book was excellent. It gave me an intelligent insight of the struggles of so many Americans who can't deal with the American Dream.

• The Working Poor: Invisible in America
  I THINK THIS BOOK WAS A REFRESHING LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS CREATED BY THE VARYING LEVELS OF SOCIAL STRATA. IT WAS AN EASY READ AND CONVEYED THE AUTHOR'S POINT VERY DEFINITELY WITHOUT BEING STUFFY.

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