Title: Climbing the stairs
Description: The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she meets Albert the milkman. Having spent their whole lives serving others, can they start to figure out what they want for themselves?
Subjects: Biography, Domestics, Women household employees, Women, biography, Great britain, biography, Rich people, Cooks, Working class women, Upper class, Household employees
Places: England
People: Margaret Powell (1907-1984)