This week Reuters will be serializing five chapters from Not Working, one each morning. The series will feature text and audio. The first installment comes from Heather Dupree in Marietta, Georgia:

“If I can’t do that, then I’m worthless”

Heather speaks so well about the desire to provide for her family. She wants to work because she wants to continue to contribute to the rich life she shares with her partner Leslie and stepdaughter Gabby. Indeed, they seem like a solid family and it was a pleasure to meet them.