num_pages: 270
description: At 28 Stephanie Lands 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. Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what its like to be in service to them. Id 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 writing as a journalist gives voice to the servant worker and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanies story but its not her alone..An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780316505116 can be found here.
language: English
title: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
publisher: Hachette Books