ly mattered, such as going hungry. In addition, on her first attempt in Florida, Ehrenreich found out that the assignment entailed getting close with the low wage workers and feeling their hardships.

During the very first pages of the book, the reader becomes very aware of Ehrenreich's financial situation. She is a well off worker who has not had a minimum wage job since she was 18 years old. That is what makes this book interesting, the fact that the reader is learning of the struggles of the poor just as Ehrenreich had. She portrays each person very well and makes one get to know the people and their different struggles. She does this in addition to finding out if the math works out between minimum wage and housing, bills food etc. Because she goes from the top to the bottom, the first hand experience and flat out shock a

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Approximate Word count = 562
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)