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

ISBN: 0316505110

ISBN13: 9780316505116

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

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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...

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2 ratings

Excellent read

PiggyMom must have some baggage that sets her off against this book. It's a great read. Well written, good imagery, structure, language, all terrific. I appreciate this story more than Stephanie Land can know. Anyone who cares to learn about poverty - especially of the female and mother kinds - needs to read this book. The movie was good, too. That was what led me to the book.

not worth the read to be honest

very disappointed as the TV show is way better the tone of the whole book is whining and the author never mentioned her mistakes.

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