This chapter is about Barbara Ehrenreich, a political activist who decided to live her life as a divorced woman. Barbara first started with one job but she soon realized that she couldn't live off of one paycheck. She found a second job which helps her a lot more financially; however, taking on two jobs was harder than she had thought. She lived from paychecks to paychecks and had very little cash to spare.
Barbara mentions that "...the camaraderie of people who are, in almost all cases, far too smart and funny and caring for the work they do and the wages they're paid" (424). Many of these people didn't choose to live in poverty, but because of circumstances, they had no choice. My mother had just divorced my father for he was abusive and had an affair. She had to raise 7 of us siblings all on her own in a two bedroom apartment. We were all 1 or 2 years apart from each other with the oldest being in his early teens. There were times where my mother had difficulties going to work and she would carpool with the friends she made from work. They were happy to help each other for they knew it is another way to survive to live in poverty. I don't know how she did it, but we all survived the most difficult part of our lives.
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