The Night Cleaner Av Florence (Editions Du Seuil) Aubenas

The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France''s most<br/>accomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression. <p> Day after day she searched for work, one unemployed worker among others, with no special skills or qualifications. She immersed herself in the crowd of job seekers, going from one employment office to<br/>another, eventually managing to cobble together a few hours working as a night cleaner on a ferry that crossed the English Channel.</p><p> For many people the global financial crisis seems real enough but remote from their daily lives. They have little sense of what it really means to be unemployed in the midst of a recession. Florence Aubenas was determined to find out. This book is the story of her<br/>journey.</p><p> The Night Cleaner became an instant number one bestseller in Fra