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Gibson, DW

 
9780143122555: Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today’s Changing Economy
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ISBN 10 : 014312255X ISBN 13 : 9780143122555
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2012

Synopsis

Poignant true stories of resilience, determination, and the search for fulfillment

Inspired by Studs Terkel's Working and by James Agee and Walker Evans' Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, DW Gibson sets off on a journey across the United States to interview Americans who have lost their jobs. Here is the mortgage broker who arrived at work to find the door to his office building padlocked, the human resources executive who laid off a couple hundred people before being laid off herself, the husband who was laid off two weeks after his wife learned she was pregnant, the wife who was forced to lay off her husband.

In telling the stories of people who could be our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, Not Workingholds up a mirror to our times, showing us the individuals behind the unemployment statistics—their fears and hopes—and offering a map for navigating our changing economy. With an extraordinary mix of pathos, anger, solidarity, and humor, it brings clarity—and humanity—to the national conversation.

For information about the companion documentary film, Not Working: The Pulse of the Great Recession, please visit ffh.films.com/title/55494.

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À propos de l'auteur

DW Gibson is the author of The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Observer, The Daily Beast, BOMB, and Tin House, and worked on documentaries for MSNBC and A&E®. The executive director of the international writers residency Writers Omi at Ledig House, he lives in New York City with his wife and their daughter.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
014312255X
ISBN 13 
9780143122555
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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