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There is no place for us : working and homeless in America

Goldstone, Brian, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

362.5920973 GOL

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SD_ILS:798205

Class [large print] : a memoir of motherhood, hunger, and higher education

Land, Stephanie, 1978-

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.87432086942 LAN

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SD_ILS:707690

Holding it together : how women became America's safety net

Calarco, Jessica McCrory, 1983- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.48 CAL

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SD_ILS:708111

Pay the people! : why fair pay is good for business and great for America

Driscoll, John (Healthcare industry executive), author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

331.2973 DRI

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SD_ILS:796340

Class : a memoir

Land, Stephanie, 1978- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

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306.87432086942 LAN

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SD_ILS:691341

Ideal beauty : the life and times of Greta Garbo

Banner, Lois W., author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.9143 GAR

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SD_ILS:701548

While time remains : a North Korean defector's search for freedom in America

Park, Yeonmi, 1993- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.8957 PAR

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SD_ILS:683479

Getting me cheap : how low-wage work traps women and girls in poverty

Freeman, Amanda, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.569 RFE

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SD_ILS:667394

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America

Ehrenreich, Barbara, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.569 EHR

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SD_ILS:662512

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Tightrope : Americans reaching for hope

Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.0973 KRI

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SD_ILS:521991

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Maid [CD] : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Land, Stephanie, 1978-

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

331.48164 LAN

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SD_ILS:559329

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Maid [large print] : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Land, Stephanie, 1978- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

331.48164 LAN

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SD_ILS:503803

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