Barbara Ehrenreich's New Book: Bait and Switch (En)

Barbara Ehrenreich has a new book out, yeah!!! If this book is anything like her Nickel and Dimed, then we're really in for a treat!

To see an excerpt, click right here.

"After casting her lot with the working poor in Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich plunges into another socioeconomic twilight zone: the world of superfluous white-collar workers. Changing her name and setting aside her aversion to cubicles, she tries to get a full-time job as a P.R. consultant. There's just one big glitch: Getting hired - especially when you're female, well over 40, and devoid of contacts - is not so easy..." writes Julia Klein in her book review for Mother Jones.

"...Ehrenreich is particularly acerbic and astute in her analysis of the cult of job seeking. She resents that the onus of unemployment is placed on the individual, as though a positive attitude alone can overcome the pressures of downsizing, outsourcing, and other global economic trends."

Cool. Another good book. When Nickel and Dimed first came out, I remember waiting a while because I thought the reading was going to be depressing. I was wrong! Not only it was not depressing, but I found it very empowering, indeed. I just can't wait to get my hands on her new one.

Just do me a favor everybody..If you do decide to get this book, please don't get it at WalMart, OK? ;-)

Photograph Above from Mother Jones