Nomadland
Surviving America in the TwentyFirst Century
by Jessica Bruder
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“@Clagett The book is excellent too. Highly recommended. | Good book alert: NOMADLAND. How the 2008 collapse reeked havoc on retirement plans. And how people are figuring out new ways to make it work. Sad, fascinating, ultimately inspiring stuff. Go @jessbruder! | Last night I watched Nomadland the movie; started reading @jessbruder’s fantastic book of reporting well into the wee hours+ morn and interviewed her with @dearsarah on Clubhouse 2 hours ago. Both works are independently amazing and you should watch / read”
Source →“@Clagett The book is excellent too. Highly recommended. | Good book alert: NOMADLAND. How the 2008 collapse reeked havoc on retirement plans. And how people are figuring out new ways to make it work. Sad, fascinating, ultimately inspiring stuff. Go @jessbruder! | Last night I watched Nomadland the movie; started reading @jessbruder’s fantastic book of reporting well into the wee hours+ morn and interviewed her with @dearsarah on Clubhouse 2 hours ago. Both works are independently amazing and you should watch / read”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Mark Duplass and Christopher Mims
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Sociology, Travel, and Finance.
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon?s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, lowcost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Adult,s. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Sociology, Travel, and Finance.
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“@Clagett The book is excellent too. Highly recommended. | Good book alert: NOMADLAND. How the 2008 collapse reeked havoc on retirement plans. And how people are figuring out new ways to make it work. Sad, fascinating, ultimately inspiring stuff. Go @jessbruder! | Last night I watched Nomadland the movie; started reading @jessbruder’s fantastic book of reporting well into the wee hours+ morn and interviewed her with @dearsarah on Clubhouse 2 hours ago. Both works are independently amazing and you should watch / read”
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