"...Lubrano is a great reporter...he has chosen here a great and often overlooked subject, the role of class in modern American society, and has produced a book rich with insight into both his own and all our lives..." –Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down A groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction In the vein of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed, this powerful work of narrative nonfiction uncovers a cultural phenomenon–the limbo existence of people raised in blue–collar families, living white–collar lives. Its approach is threefold: first, the personal story of the author himself, a working–class kid from Brooklyn who crossed over to the middle class after attaining an Ivy League education; second, a distillation of thought about class and mobility from leading experts; and finally, and most importantly, the stories of more than 100 interviewees, all "Straddlers" struggling with the duality that exists in their workplace, their hearts, and their minds. "In...

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