The Book Prize Index

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer

The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists--from a leading national poverty expert who "defies convention" (New York Times)

Society & CultureSociety & Culture · medium confidenceSociety & Culture81 signalsLlm Classifier: Society & Culture -> Society & CultureGoogle Books: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsAward Category: Hillman Prize for Book Journalism -> Journalism & ReportageClass, Poverty & InequalityHousing, Cities & Urban LifeMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism2016WinnerOfficial source
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize2016FinalistSecondary source
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