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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

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Présentation de l'éditeur NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) coupons to eat. Of the government programs that provided her housing, but that doubled as halfway houses. The aloof government employees who called her lucky for receiving assistance while she didn't feel lucky at all. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. "I'd become a nameless ghost," Stephanie writes about her relationship with her clients, many of whom do not know her from any other cleaner, but who she learns plenty about. As she begins to discover more about her clients' lives-their sadness and love, too-she begins to find hope in her own path. Her compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the "servant" worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not her alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit. Revue de presse "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work." ― President Barack Obama, "Obama's 2019 Summer Reading List" President Barack Obama, Summer Reading List (2019) Forbes, Most Anticipated Books of the Year Glamour, Best Books of the Year Time, 11 New Books to Read This January Vulture, 8 New Books You Should Read This January Thrillist, All the Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2019 USA Today, 5 New Books Not to Miss Amazon, Best Books of the Month Detroit News, New Books to Look Forward to in 2019 The Missoulian, Best Books of the Month San Diego Entertainer, Books to Kick Off Your New Year People, Perfect for Your Book Club Boston.com, 20 Books to Look Out for in 2019 Hello Giggles, Best New Books to Read This Week Newsweek, Best Books of 2019 So Far CNN Travel, Books You Should Read This Summer Mental Floss, Summer Reading List BookTrib, B ooks That Will Make You Look Smart at the Beach! "More than any book in recent memory, Land nails the sheer terror that comes with being poor, the exhausting vigilance of knowing that any misstep or twist of fate will push you deeper into the hole."― The Boston Globe "Stephanie Lands memoir [ Maid] is a bracing one."― The Atlantic "An eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor." ― People, Perfect for Your Book Club "The particulars of Land's struggle are sobering, but it's the impression of precariousness that is most memorable."― The New Yorker "[Land's] book has the needed quality of reversing the direction of the gaze. Some people who employ domestic labor will read her account. Will they see themselves in her descriptions of her clients? Will they offer their employees the meager respect Land fantasizes about? Land survived the hardship of her years as a maid, her body exhausted and her brain filled with bleak arithmetic, to offer her testimony. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Présentation de l'éditeur NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) coupons to eat. Of the government programs that provided her housing, but that doubled as halfway houses. The aloof government employees who called her lucky for receiving assistance while she didn't feel lucky at all. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. "I'd become a nameless ghost," Stephanie writes about her relationship with her clients, many of whom do not know her from any other cleaner, but who she learns plenty about. As she begins to discover more about her clients' lives-their sadness and love, too-she begins to find hope in her own path. Her compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the "servant" worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not her alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit. Revue de presse "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work." ― President Barack Obama, "Obama's 2019 Summer Reading List" President Barack Obama, Summer Reading List (2019) Forbes, Most Anticipated Books of the Year Glamour, Best Books of the Year Time, 11 New Books to Read This January Vulture, 8 New Books You Should Read This January Thrillist, All the Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2019 USA Today, 5 New Books Not to Miss Amazon, Best Books of the Month Detroit News, New Books to Look Forward to in 2019 The Missoulian, Best Books of the Month San Diego Entertainer, Books to Kick Off Your New Year People, Perfect for Your Book Club Boston.com, 20 Books to Look Out for in 2019 Hello Giggles, Best New Books to Read This Week Newsweek, Best Books of 2019 So Far CNN Travel, Books You Should Read This Summer Mental Floss, Summer Reading List BookTrib, B ooks That Will Make You Look Smart at the Beach! "More than any book in recent memory, Land nails the sheer terror that comes with being poor, the exhausting vigilance of knowing that any misstep or twist of fate will push you deeper into the hole."― The Boston Globe "Stephanie Lands memoir [ Maid] is a bracing one."― The Atlantic "An eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor." ― People, Perfect for Your Book Club "The particulars of Land's struggle are sobering, but it's the impression of precariousness that is most memorable."― The New Yorker "[Land's] book has the needed quality of reversing the direction of the gaze. Some people who employ domestic labor will read her account. Will they see themselves in her descriptions of her clients? Will they offer their employees the meager respect Land fantasizes about? Land survived the hardship of her years as a maid, her body exhausted and her brain filled with bleak arithmetic, to offer her testimony. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Editeur
Legacy Lit
Publication
21 janvier 2020
Pages
288
Taille
20.8 x 13.8 x 2.5 cm
Poids
234
ISBN-13
9780316505093
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