Jeff Harter Harter itibaren 1315 Žaga, Slovenia itibaren 1315 Žaga, Slovenia

The subject matter of the book is interesting, but the author comes across as full of herself, prejudiced, classist, etc. The premise is that the author would attempt to live on minimum wage jobs without outside help. The message that it is extremely difficult, or impossible, to make do on minimum wage jobs is a very good and important one; unfortunately it’s spoiled by the tone of the book. The author seems to believe she is intrinsically better than others by virtue of having a PhD. In the end she repeatedly praises herself for being in spectacular shape and being able to physically do some difficult jobs like housecleaning; however, she herself mentions, in passing, that she’s only so fit because she’s had the benefit of gyms and trainers, and she only undertakes each job for a few weeks, so of course she manages! At times she writes things that try to make her sound not arrogant or prejudiced, but they seem more like they were stuck in half-heartedly. Overall a very disappointing book with an important message. Somebody else should write a popular book on the same topic, but without all of the nonsense.