Based on the author's "participant-observation" research undertaken between 1988 and 1991, and on interviews with 35 others involved in temporary employment.

In Temporary, a young woman’s workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something

Winner of the William G. Bowen Prize Named a "Triumph" of 2018 by New York Times Book Critics Shortlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award The untold hi

groundwork for a new corporate ethos of ruthless cost cutting and mass layoffs. --

Temporary employment is on the rise. In uncertain economic times, many businesses view employing temps as a cost-effective strategy to both maximize productivit