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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive Cover Image Book Book

Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive / Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Land, Stephanie, 1978- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316505116 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0316505110 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich -- Part 1. 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 -- Part 2. 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 -- Part 3. Do better ; The bay house ; The hardest worker ; The hoarder house ; We're home.

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Subject: Land, Stephanie.
Women household employees > United States.
Working class > United States > Biography.
Single mothers > United States.
Working poor.
Poverty > United States.
Women > Biography.

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Easton Main Library 331.48 L253m (Text) 31901004306553 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Abington Community Library 331.4 LAND (Text) 50687011611509 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Abington Community Library 331.4 LAND (Text) 50687011644831 Browsing Available -
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