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Nomadland by Jessica Bruder

agesilaus
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Nomadland by Jessica Bruder is on sale by Audible, today only, at $3.95. I don't know anything about it but it is apparently about Workampers:

"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or "workampers". "

I haven't heard about any beet pickers on the forum tho, heh.

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agesilaus wrote:
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder is on sale by Audible, today only, at $3.95. I don't know anything about it but it is apparently about Workampers:

"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or "workampers". "

I haven't heard about any beet pickers on the forum tho, heh.

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We have been retired and full timers since Sep 2010 and never done ANY workkamping but many have to include beet harvesting. Google is your friend. LOL.
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agesilaus
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Irover wrote:
at least their working and not living off the taxpayer whats the problem??
I don't have any problem with it, I was just saying that when we say workamper it does not correspond with the way that book uses the term. But you are right, hats off to the workers of this country.
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at least their working and not living off the taxpayer whats the problem??

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agesilaus wrote:
Just reading the blurb it makes full-timers sound like migrant laborers.


I read the book and I don't want to get this argument going again.

It's not about full timers as we know them on this forum.
It's about down and out people who roam around looking for work. It's a lose community who live on the fringes and keep in touch.

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Thanks agesilaus. Sounds interesting so I'll give it try.

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fj12ryder wrote:
This sounds like the same book that was causing some controversy on the forum some weeks back.


Just reading the blurb it makes full-timers sound like migrant laborers.
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This sounds like the same book that was causing some controversy on the forum some weeks back.
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