Journalist and author Barbara Ehrenreich died on September 2, 2022. She left behind a legacy of insightful writing about class in America, among other topics.
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Natural causes : an epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying, and killing ourselves to live longer
by Barbara Ehrenreich The respected cellular immunologist and author of the best-selling Nickel and Dimed shares cautionary insights into today's healthcare practices to identify the cellular sources of aging and illness while revealing how most treatments are aggressive and offer only an illusion of control and better survivability at the cost of life quality. |
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Bright-sided : how positive thinking is understanding America
by Barbara Ehrenreich Exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking, which the author believes leads to self-blame and a preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts on a personal level, and, on a national level, has brought on economic disaster. |
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Had I known : collected essays
by Barbara Ehrenreich A selection of the best-selling writer and political activist’s most provocative signature writings includes her groundbreaking undercover investigations, op-ed pieces, essays and reviews, including the award-winning “Welcome to Cancerland.” |
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Bait and switch : the (futile) pursuit of the American dream
by Barbara Ehrenreich The best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed focuses on the world of white-collar unemployment as seen through the eyes of the unemployed, describing the woes of "surplus" employees, let go by today's ultra-lean corporations, who are forced to confront, sometimes for months or years at a stretch, the realities of financial hardship with few social supports or security. |
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Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich The sharp social critic and author of Blood Rites looks underneath the illusion of American prosperity at poverty and hopelessness in America. |
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Living with a wild God : a nonbeliever's search for the truth about everything
by Barbara Ehrenreich Part memoir, part philosophical and spiritual inquiry, a staunch atheist and rationalist, after coming across the journal she kept during her tumultuous adolescence, sets out to answer a young girl's uninhibited musings on the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all. |