Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Jessica Bruder
(Author)
Karen White
(Read by)
Description
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or workampers. Building on her groundbreaking Harper's cover story, The End of Retirement, which brought attention to these formerly settled members of the middle class, Jessica Bruder follows one such RVer, Linda, between physically taxing seasonal jobs and reunions of her new van-dweller family, or vanily. Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of both the economy's dark underbelly and the extraordinary resilience, creativity, and hope of these hardworking, quintessential Americans?many of them single women?who have traded rootedness for the dream of a better life.
Product Details
Price
$41.99
$39.05
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Publish Date
September 26, 2017
Dimensions
5.2 X 6.7 X 0.6 inches | 0.1 pounds
Language
English
Type
MP3 CD
EAN/UPC
9781665143134
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Jessica Bruder is an award-winning journalist whose work focuses on subcultures and the dark corners of the economy. She has written for Harper's, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She teaches at the Columbia School of Journalism.
Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, Dreams of Falling and The Time Between. She is the co-author of The Forgotton Room and The Glass Ocean with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband and two children near Atlanta, Georgia.
Reviews
"Stunning and beautifully written...Brilliant and haunting."
-- " New York Times Book Review""[A] devastating, revelatory book."
-- "Washington Post""Important, eye-opening journalism."
-- "Minneapolis Star Tribune""Engaging, highly relevant immersion journalism."
-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)""[A] powerhouse of a book...in the best immersive-journalism tradition...Visceral and haunting reporting."
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