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D.W. Gibson

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Description:Poignant true stories of resilience, determination, and the search for fulfillmentInspired 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 Working holds 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 The Pulse of the Great Recession, please visit ffh.films.com/title/55494.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not Working: Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession. To get started finding Not Working: Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 470

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: OR Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1935928651

Description: Poignant true stories of resilience, determination, and the search for fulfillmentInspired 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 Working holds 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 The Pulse of the Great Recession, please visit ffh.films.com/title/55494.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not Working: Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession. To get started finding Not Working: Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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