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

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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 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 it’s like to be in service to them. “I’d 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 Stephanie’s story, but it’s not her alone..

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Tapa dura ‏ : ‎ 102 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1804220213
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1804220214

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El libro es tan bueno o más que la serie. retrata perfectamente lo que es la violencia verbal, la que no deja marcas, y como destruye a una persona. También refleja el tema de los cupones y ayudas a la gente que tiene necesidad y como a veces no reciben el mismo trato cuando acceden a la sanidad a través de ellos