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Jessica Bruder - Nomadland (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
The inspiration for the film Nomadland starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Best Picture Oscar & the BAFTA for Best Film.
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazons CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves workampers.
On frequently travelled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald's vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May.
In a second-hand vehicle she christens "Van Halen" Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy, one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us.
At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good (Almost Very Good)
- Category : Non-Fiction - USA
- Published : 2021 (Swift Press)
- ISBN : 9781800750302
- SKU : B003096
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Sublimely written’ - Sunday Times.
‘Scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny)’ - Rebecca Solnit.
‘A remarkable book’ - New Yorker.
'Stunning and beautifully written . . . brilliant and haunting' - New York Times.
‘A first-rate piece of immersive journalism’ - San Francisco Chronicle.
'A riveting account of the older Americans who have abandoned a settled life to follow low-paid jobs across the country, Nomadland is at once a searing depiction of desperation amidst the madness of the US economy and a tribute to the enterprise and resilience of the American people.' - Waterstones.
The Author
Jessica Bruder is the author of Burning Book and Nomadland, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and Editors' Choice and a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the Helen Bernstein Book Award. A movie based on the book, starring Frances McDormand, will open in 2019. She teaches at Columbia Journalism School and contributes to The New York Times, New York, Harper's, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and other outlets. She lives in Brooklyn.