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From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-lifeNickel and Dimed, as Linda Tirado explains what its like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do.We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America yes, you can be poor and live in a house and have a job, even two, but what poverty is truly likeon all levels.In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why poor people dont always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should.
About the Author
Linda Tirado is a writer who lives in the woods in Appalachia and drinks a lot of whiskey, in keeping with her idiom. Her first book, Hand To Mouth: Living In Bootstrap America was released in 2014.
