Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream (Audiobook) by Barbara Ehrenreich, Anne Twomey

from anais_a

There was a lot of buzz about Barbara Ehrenreich's earlier book, Nickel and Dimed, in which she tried to survive on minimum wage. In the case of that book, the 'fun experiment' aspect of it turned me off, and I never picked it up. Bait and Switch called to me from a friend's bookshelf one lazy mo...

from ryvre

There's only so much one can write about upper middle class people throwing away their money while looking for a job. It really felt like Ms. Ehrenreich was stretching an chapter's worth of information into a book.

from drinkingtea

Frustrating for the author, I am sure. Still, I can see some areas where her job hunt was lacking. For one thing, I think most people would take a job doing something, anything, to 'settle' while looking for something else. While in that 'settling' job, you have a far greater chance to hear of op...

from Meggo

Having read Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed in America", I had high hopes for this book, which, unfortunately, did not live up to my expectations. It could be that the subject matter - middle class workers' use of employment counsellors and their associated bretheren - are simply not as compelling...

from bfertig

I thought her premise that she could fake her way into a high-paying job while not knowing much about it -- and thinking that this would be relatively easy -- was a bit haughty.