Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening.
In a Day's Work
β Scribed by Yeung, Bernice
- Book ID
- 109733781
- Publisher
- New Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781620973165
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
**" A timely, intensely intimate, and relevant exposΓ© on a greatly disregarded sector of the American workforce."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Bernice Yeung's scalding expose should dramatically affect the way we see women's abuse in the workplace."
--Barbara Ehrenreich
An acclaimed journalist investigates sexual assault against the invisible workers who are an essential part of the #metoo and #timesup movements**
Apple orchards in bucolic Washington state. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where female workers have suffered brutal sexual assault and shocking harassment at the hands of their employers, often with little or no official recourse. In this harrowing yet often inspiring tale, investigative journalist Bernice Yeung exposes the epidemic of sexual violence levied against women farmworkers,...
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