Maid
by Land, Stephanie,
Series: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs Edition statement:Large print edition. Published by : Thorndike Press, (Waterville, Maine :) Physical details: 441 pages large print ; 23 cm. ISBN:9781432858926; 1432858920.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| lp 300 - 399 | Book Cart | 305.4364092 Lan (Browse shelf) | Available | 108632 |
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| 305.40973 Eve Every Woman Has A Story: Many Voices, Many Lessons, Many Lives | 305.420922 Bir The grandes dames / | 305.42094 Ali Prey : | 305.4364092 Lan Maid | 305.52 Car Ship of fools : | 305.520973 Sch Red-handed | 305.5234 Sta The millionaire mind |
The cabin -- The camper -- Transitional housing -- The Fairgrounds apartment -- Seven different kinds of government assistance -- The farm -- The last job on earth -- The porn house -- The move-out clean -- Henry's house -- The studio -- Minimalist -- Wendy's house -- The plant house -- The chef's house -- Donna's house -- In three years -- The sad house -- Lori's house -- "I don't know how you do it" -- The clown house -- Still life with Mia -- Do better -- The bay house -- The hardest worker -- The hoarder house -- We're home.
A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, took classes online to earn a college degree. And she wrote relentlessly: true stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC coupons. Here she explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. -- adapted from jacket of regular print edition
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