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Apple 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 listeners 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's Work exposes the underbelly of economies filled with employers who take advantage of immigrant women's need to earn a basic living. When these women find the courage to speak up, Yeung reveals that they are too often met by apathetic bosses and under-resourced government agencies. But In a Day's Work also tells a story of resistance, introducing a group of courageous allies who challenge dangerous and discriminatory workplace conditions alongside aggrieved workers--and win. Moving and inspiring, this book will change our understanding of the lives of immigrant women.

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Bernice Yeung is an award-winning journalist who works for The Center of Investigative Reporting. A Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Mother Jones, and The Guardian. She currently resides in Berkeley, California. Jean Ann Douglass is a performer, a playwright, an audiobook narrator, and a writer who is passionate about connecting deeply with her characters and bringing them to life. Based in Brooklyn, New York, she has worked professionally in communications, interactive video design, insurance, and human resources, and she holds a bachelor's degree from Tulane University and a master's degree from Brooklyn College.

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