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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
by Barbara Ehrenreich
from Metropolitan Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Liberal Lite 
Don't get me wrong, I agree with the majority of these essays. However, after spending the last couple of months reading "Shock Doctrine," "The Way of the World," "What Happened" and "Your Government Failed You," I found nothing really enlightening in these short-but-not-sweet essays. I discovered after the fact that these were previously published pieces from various blog entries, etc., and would say that they are very well-suited for that forum. The problem is, it appears that they were plunked into the... more info
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Fast Easy Read 
This book is very informative and a fast read. Every chapter is about 2 pages but filled with facts. It is an easy read and makes a good bedtime book because you can read a few pages and you've covered a few topics. After I read this book, I gave it to my sister to read and she thought it was very interesting and well written. My sister isn't into politics so I think this is a good book that will inform all sorts of readers about what is going on in our world today.
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Their land
Well-written, humorous, on-the-money, fair critical assessment, witty, captivating, enjoyable- definitely recommend. After reading this book, I ordered 2 other books by the author.
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Sad But True 
Barbara Ehrenreich uses sarcasm, anecdotes and humor to discuss the current major problems facing average Americans: The rich getting richer at the expense of the middle and lower classes; corporate greed and how it has created the loss of good paying jobs while making life hell for those still working; the lack of adequate health care for millions; and the way our government uses fear to distract us from these basic quality of life issues.
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