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Book club discussion kit featuring the title, Nomadland: "From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor 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...
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"Un pobre anciano se encuentra con el oro de unos ladrones. ¿Puede su inteligente esposa engañar a su marido y a los ladrones y hacer realidad todos sus sueños?"--Contraportada
"A poor old man happens upon some thieves' gold. Can his clever wife fool her husband, and the thieves, and make all their dreams come true?"--Back cover
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"If you've ever been to a protest or been involved in a political group, you have likely experienced a distinct cultural niche, one with its own slogans, lingo, and social dynamics. Though one might immediately think of a cohort of relatively young organizers with bullhorns when imagining protest culture, this ethnography from sociologist Gary Alan Fine explores the social world of senior citizens on the front lines of progressive protests, specifically...
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Lizzie meets an elderly man and his companion, Cecile, at the park, but Lizzie is afraid of dogs, so she relies on her new friend to help her take things one step at a time.
Lizzie se encuentra con un anciano y su acompañante, Cecile, en el parque, pero Lizzie le tiene miedo a los perros, por lo que confía en su nueva amiga para ayudarla a tomar las cosas un paso a la vez.
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