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2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General NonfictionWinner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith AwardWinner of the 2018 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice?n a Day? Work is a . . . muchneeded addition to the literature on sexual harassment in the U.S.?The New York Review of BooksA searing expos?about the hidden stories of immigrant workers overlooked by #MeTooat turns heartrending and hopefulby acclaimed journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bernice YeungApple 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, domestic workers, and janitorial workers and charts their quest for justice in the workplace.Yeung takes readers on a journey across the country, introducing us to women who came to America to escape grinding poverty only to encounter sexual violence in the United States. In a Day? Work exposes the underbelly of economies filled with employers who take advantage of immigrant women? need to earn a basic living. When these women find the courage to speak up, Yeung reveals, they are too often met by apathetic bosses and underresourced government agencies. But In a Day? Work also tells a story of resistance, introducing a group of courageous allies who challenge dangerous and discriminatory workplace conditions alongside aggrieved workersand win. Moving and inspiring, this book will change our understanding of the lives of immigrant women.
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