New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at some Americans who have done everything right - gotten college degrees and marketable skills, built up impressive resumes - but still find themselves vulnerable to financial disaster. SIGNED on the title page. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-805076069.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Women who work as servers in restaurants tell their own stories in their own words, often with humor and insight and candor. Dust jacket praise from Anthony Bourdain, Susan Brownmiller and Barbara Ehrenreich who called this book "a delightful chronicle of waitressing - from the first commercial eating establishments to a contemporary Pizza Hut - as seen through the eyes of its stalwart practitioners.a great pleasure to read, not least because it's a long overdue tribute to some of America's most tireless and least appreciated working women." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with small photographs, notes. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-520217500.