Lisa Dodson

A profound portrait of the real lives of women living below the poverty line. The title comes from street vernacular: "Don't call me out of name" means don't label me something I'm not. "Brilliantly convey[s] the experiences and challenges of living in and coping with poverty. Don't Call Us Out of Name should be read by all people involved in the national dialogue on poverty and welfare in America, especially those with simplistic views about social deprivation." -William Julius Wilson, author of When Work Disappears

The Untold Lives of Women and Girls in Poor America

Don't Call Us Out of Name

Dodson (sociology, Boston College) describes an underground, if unorganized, world of resistance to economic abuse at the intersection of middle-income and lower-income Americans, such as the mother who leaves work secretly in order to care for her children or the manager who pads his employees' time cards because he knows they are just barely getting by. She explores the ethical views of middle-income and lower-income Americans in work, educational, and health cares settings with regards to economic disparities of pay and treatment and discusses how often people are driven to subverting the rules of their workplaces in order to address what they see as injustice, although she keeps description of the actual tactics and strategies deployed deliberately vague. Annotation ♭2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy

The Moral Underground

Elle James

Linda O. Johnston

Danica Winters

Heart-racing suspense, whodunit mysteries and romance under extraordinary circumstances. Cowboy Justice at Whiskey Gulch - Elle James Former Delta Force soldier Parker Shaw won't be sidelined by his horrific war experiences. Now he's an Outrider security agent dedicated to safeguarding those in need. Having escaped abduction and imprisonment, Abby Gibson is hell-bent on rescuing the other captives. Trusting Parker is her only option. As they get closer to the dangerous truth, their attraction grows. Their choice may come down to saving themselves...or risking everything to save the hostages. Montana Wilderness Pursuit - Danica Winters Game warden Amber Daniels is tracking a bear on AJ Spade's ranch when he finds a hand...wearing a sapphire ring he recognises. In his line of work, trust can be deadly, but Amber demands the truth. Their investigation unveils a bigger threat - one they're forced to face together. But which of STEALTH's enemies is out to destroy them? And can they save themselves from the predators closing in? Shielding Colton's Witness - Linda O. Johnston US Marshal Alexa Colton is assigned to bring vice detective Dane Beaulieu safely to a trial. But after an extended time in witness protection, Dane wants to get back in action and is ready to risk everything for justice. Meanwhile, Alexa struggles to keep her heart intact and her head in the game. Because deadly killers are waiting to pounce, and this Colton needs to keep her man alive... Six Days to Live - Lisa Dodson The poison Coulter McKendrick was injected with during a commando raid will kill him in six days. Dr Marena Dash is Colt's only chance to live. Though Colt devastated Marena when he left her, she's determined to find the antidote to save him. And with the criminals behind the biotoxin on their trail, Colt and Marena must put their past behind them to stay alive.

Mystery & Suspense New Release Box Set Oct 2022

Amanda Freeman

Two groundbreaking sociologists explore the way the American dream is built on the backs of working poor women Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and hire nannies to care for kids. Getting Me Cheap is a riveting portrait of the lives of the low-wage workers--primarily women--who make this lifestyle possible. Sociologists Lisa Dodson and Amanda Freeman follow women in the food, health care, home care, and other low-wage industries as they struggle to balance mothering with bad jobs and without public aid. While these women tend to the needs of well-off families, their own children frequently step into premature adult roles, providing care for siblings and aging family members. Based on years of in-depth field work and hundreds of eye-opening interviews, Getting Me Cheap explores how America traps millions of women and their children into lives of stunted opportunity and poverty in service of giving others of us the lives we seek. Destined to rank with works like Evicted and Nickle and Dimed for its revelatory glimpse into how our society functions behind the scenes, Getting Me Cheap also offers a way forward--with both policy solutions and a keen moral vision for organizing women across class lines.

How Low Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Getting Me Cheap

A “fascinating” look at the disconnect between corporate policies and workers’ real lives—and the everyday heroes who try to help (Publishers Weekly). For the poor, there are challenges every day that they don’t have extra money to solve: a sick kid, car trouble, an unexpected dentist bill. The obstacles can make it harder to hold on to a job—but a job loss would be catastrophic. However, there are countless unsung heroes who bend or break the rules to help those millions of Americans with impossible schedules, paychecks, and lives make it from paycheck to paycheck. This book tells their stories. Whether it’s a nurse choosing to treat an uninsured child, a supervisor deciding to overlook infractions, or a restaurant manager sneaking food to a worker’s children, middle-class Americans are secretly refusing to be complicit in a fundamentally unfair system that puts a decent life beyond the reach of the working poor. In this tale of a kind of economic disobedience—told in whispers to Lisa Dodson over the course of eight years of research across the country—hundreds of supervisors, teachers, and health care professionals describe intentional acts of defiance that together tell the story of a quiet revolt, of a moral underground that has grown in response to an immoral economy. It documents a whole new phenomenon—people reaching across America’s economic fault line—and provides an account of the human consequences and lives behind the business-page headlines. “If only this book had been published in 2007. Then the hundreds of people interviewed by Lisa Dodson would have been able to pass along an important piece of advice: What’s good for business is not necessarily good for America.” —Time

Six Days To Live (Mills & Boon Heroes)

In less than a week he’ll be dead…unless she can save him. The poison Coulter McKendrick was injected with during a commando raid will kill him in six days. Dr Marena Dash is Colt’s only chance to live. Though Colt devastated Marena when he left her, she’s determined to find the antidote to save him. And with the criminals behind the biotoxin on their trail, Colt and Marena must put their past behind them to stay alive. Mills & Boon Romantic Suspense — Danger. Passion. Drama.

Six Days to Live

Coming soon! Six Days to Live by Lisa Dodson will be available Oct 25, 2022.

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