If the economy's in such good shape, how come so many people struggle just to get by? This writer joined the vast army of minimum-wage earners and found that even with two jobs (or three), life in the low-rent district is a nightmare of anxiety and exhaustion, and a constant scramble to avoid sleeping in your car. Want fries with that? "McMurdo-Wallis's voice fits Ehrenreich perfectly – wry, no-nonsense, compassionate, mature... It's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job."—AudioFile