Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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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.
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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
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