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Jessica Bruder Goodreads Author...

Jessica Bruder is a journalist who writes about subcultures and economic justice.

For her most recent book, “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” (W.W. Norton & Co.), she spent months living in a camper van, documenting itinerant Americans who gave up traditional housing and hit the road full time, enabling them to travel from job to job and carve out a place for themselves in our precarious economy. The project spanned three years and more than 15,000 miles of driving—from coast to coast and from Mexico to the Canadian border.

Jessica has been teaching at Columbia Journalism School since 2008. She has written for publications including Harper’s Magazine, The Nation, WIRED, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, T ...more

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15,000 miles over three years “discovering” this economic injustice?

That may be a lot to a Yankee, but that is two to three months of work driving for me.

And as Andy discovered, no one wants a 50/60 year old no matter how much experience. My certifications are all that keeps me self employed. He was younger when he went through it but it is no less fun at any age.

So keep the attitude aligned and Prayers Up!