Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Autor Stephanie Land Cuvânt înainte de Barbara Ehrenreichen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 4 feb 2019
NEW
YORK
TIMESBESTSELLER
EvictedmeetsNickel
and
Dimedin
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
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.
She
wrote
the
true
stories
that
weren't
being
told:
the
stories
of
overworked
and
underpaid
Americans.
Of
living
on
food
stamps
and
WIC
(Women,
Infants,
and
Children)
coupons
to
eat.
Of
the
government
programs
that
provided
her
housing,
but
that
doubled
as
halfway
houses.
The
aloof
government
employees
who
called
her
lucky
for
receiving
assistance
while
she
didn't
feel
lucky
at
all.
She
wrote
to
remember
the
fight,
to
eventually
cut
through
the
deep-rooted
stigmas
of
the
working
poor.
Maidexplores
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
compassionate,
unflinching
writing
as
a
journalist
gives
voice
to
the
"servant"
worker,
and
those
pursuing
the
American
Dream
from
below
the
poverty
line.Maidis
Stephanie's
story,
but
it's
not
her
alone.
It
is
an
inspiring
testament
to
the
strength,
determination,
and
ultimate
triumph
of
the
human
spirit.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781549173950
ISBN-10: 1549173952
Dimensiuni: 141 x 156 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 1549173952
Dimensiuni: 141 x 156 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Hachette Books
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Notă biografică
JournalistStephanie
Land's
work
has
been
featured
inThe
New
York
Times,The
Washington
Post,The
Guardian,Vox,Salon,
and
many
other
outlets.
She
focuses
on
social
and
economic
justice
as
a
writing
fellow
through
both
the
Center
for
Community
Change
and
the
Economic
Hardship
Reporting
Project.
BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestsellingNickel and DimedandBait and Switch. She lives in Virginia.
BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestsellingNickel and DimedandBait and Switch. She lives in Virginia.
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"More than any book in recent memory, Land nails thesheer terror that comes with being poor, the exhausting vigilance of knowingthat any misstep or twist of fate will push you deeper into the hole."—The Boston Globe
"What this book does well is illuminate the struggles of poverty and single-motherhood, the unrelenting frustration of having no safety net, the ways in which our society is systemically designed to keep impoverished people mired in poverty, the indignity of poverty by way of unmovable bureaucracy, and people's lousy attitudes toward poor people... Land's prose is vivid and engaging... [A] tightly-focused, well-written memoir... an incredibly worthwhile read."
—Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger: A Memoir
"An eye-opening exploration of poverty in America."—Bustle
"[Land's] book has the needed quality of reversing thedirection of the gaze. Some people who employ domestic labor will read heraccount. Will they see themselves in her descriptions of her clients? Will theyoffer their employees the meager respect Land fantasizes about? Land survivedthe hardship of her years as a maid, her body exhausted and her brain filledwith bleak arithmetic, to offer her testimony. It's worth listening to."
—New York Times Book Review
"Marry the evocative first person narrative ofEducatedwith the kind of social criticism seen inNickel and Dimedand you'll get a sense of the remarkable book you hold in your hands. InMaid, Stephanie Land, a gifted storyteller with an eye for details you'll never forget, exposes what it's like to exist in America as a single mother, working herself sick cleaning our dirty toilets, one missed paycheck away from destitution. It's a perspective we seldom see represented firsthand-and one we so desperately need right now. Timely, urgent, and unforgettable, this is memoir at its very best."—Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"For readers who believe individuals living below the poverty line are lazy and/or intellectually challenged, this memoir is a stark, necessary corrective.... [T]he narrative also offers a powerful argument for increasing government benefits for the working poor during an era when most benefits are being slashed.... An important memoir that should be required reading for anyone who has never struggled with poverty."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Maidprovides an important look at themorass of difficulties faced by the working poor."—Elle Magazine
"As a solo mom and former house cleaner, this brave book resonated with me on a very deep level. We live in a world where the solo mother is an incomplete story: adrift in the world without a partner, without support, without a grounding, centering (male) force. But women have been doing this since the dawn of time, and Stephanie Land is one of millions of solo moms forced to get blood from stone. She is at once an old and new kind of American hero. This memoir of resilience and love has never been more necessary."—Domenica Ruta, New York Times bestselling author of With or Without You
"[A] heartfelt and powerful debut memoir.... Land's love for her daughter... shines brightly through the pages of this beautiful, uplifting story of resilience and survival."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Stephanie Land's heartrending book,Maid, provides a trenchant reminder that something is amiss with the American Dream and gives voice to the millions of 'working poor' toiling in a country that needs them but doesn't want to see them. A sad and hopeful tale of being on the outside looking in, the author makes us wonder how'd we fare scrubbing and vacuuming away the detritus of an affluence that always seems beyond reach."—Steve Dublanica, New York Times bestselling author of Waiter Rant
"[A] vivid and visceral yet nearly unrelenting memoir... Her journey offers an illuminating read that should inspire outrage, hope, and change."—Library Journal
"Raw...Land [is] a gifted storyteller...Offers moments of levity...[Maid] shows we need to create an economy in which singlemotherhood and the risk of poverty do not go hand in hand."—Ms. Magazine
"A heartfelt memoir."
—Harvard Business Review
"Maiddelves into her time working for the upper middle class in the service industry, and in it, uncovers the true strength of the human spirit."—San Diego Entertainer, Books to Kick Off Your New Year
"It is with beautiful prose that Land chronicles her time working as a housekeeper to make ends meet...Captur[es] the experience of hardworking Americans who make little money and are often invisible to their employers."—Boston.com, 20 Books to Read in 2019
"A striking portrait of single-working-motherhood...an intimate look at the day-to-day reality of poverty in the United States...Land gives shape tothe depleting anxiety and isolation that accompany motherhood in poverty formillions of Americans."—The Nation
"Thebook, with its unfussy prose and clear voice, holds you. It's one woman's storyof inching out of the dirt and how the middle class turns a blind eye to thepoverty lurking just a few rungs below -- and it's one worth reading."—The Washington Post
"Fascinating...Communicates clearly the challenges of a marginal existence as a single mother living in poverty as she sought to provide a stable and predictable home for her daughter in a situation that was anything but stable and predictable."—The Columbus Dispatch
"Takes readers inside the gritty, unglamorous life of the underpaid, overworked people who serve the upper-middle class for a living."—Parade
"In a country whose frayed safety net gets less policy attention than the marginal tax rate, Land is the anomaly not only in surviving to tell the tale - and in telling it with such compelling economy."—Vulture, 8 New Books You Should Read this January
"Land's memoir forces readers to examine their implicitjudgments about what we mean by the value of hard work in America and societalexpectations of motherhood."—Electric Lit
"Honest, unapologetic, and beautifully written."—Hello Giggles
"Tells an honest story many are too afraid to examine."—SheKnows.com
"A moving, intimate, essential account of life in poverty."
—Entertainment Weekly, Must List
"In a perfect world,Maidwould become requiredreading in schools across the country."—North Bay Bohemian
"The next time you hear someone say they think poor people are lazy, hand them a copy ofMaid."—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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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 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.
She wrote the true stories that weren't being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) coupons to eat. Of the government programs that provided her housing, but that doubled as halfway houses. The aloof government employees who called her lucky for receiving assistance while she didn't feel lucky at all. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor.
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 compassionate, unflinching 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. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit.