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The Resource Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich

Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich

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At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams -- breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest, 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, working days and taking college classes online. She also 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. Her memoir 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
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 270 pages
Contents
  • The cabin
  • The camper
  • Transitional housing
  • The Fairgrounds apartment
  • Seven different kinds of government assistance
  • The farm
  • The last job on earth
  • The porn house
  • The move-out clean
  • Henry's house
  • The studio
  • Minimalist
  • Wendy's house
  • The plant house
  • The chef's house
  • Donna's house
  • In three years
  • The sad house
  • Lori's house
  • "I don't know how you do it"
  • The clown house
  • Still life with Mia
  • Do better
  • The bay house
  • The hardest worker
  • The hoarder house
  • We're home
Isbn
9780316505116
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
Title
Maid
Title remainder
hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
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Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Language
eng
Summary
At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams -- breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest, 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, working days and taking college classes online. She also 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. Her memoir 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
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
NjBwBT
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1978-
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Land, Stephanie
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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Ehrenreich, Barbara,
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  • Land, Stephanie
  • University of South Alabama
  • Land, Stephanie
  • Women household employees
  • Working class
  • Single mothers
  • Working poor
  • Poverty
  • Poverty
  • Single mothers
  • Women household employees
  • Working class
  • Working poor
  • United States
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
  • Working class
  • Single parents
  • Working poor
  • United States
  • American dream
  • Niedriglohn
  • Soziale Ungleichheit
  • Women household employees
  • Working poor
  • Working class
  • Single mothers
Target audience
adult
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Contents
The cabin -- The camper -- Transitional housing -- The Fairgrounds apartment -- Seven different kinds of government assistance -- The farm -- The last job on earth -- The porn house -- The move-out clean -- Henry's house -- The studio -- Minimalist -- Wendy's house -- The plant house -- The chef's house -- Donna's house -- In three years -- The sad house -- Lori's house -- "I don't know how you do it" -- The clown house -- Still life with Mia -- Do better -- The bay house -- The hardest worker -- The hoarder house -- We're home
Control code
1081173410
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 270 pages
Isbn
9780316505116
Lccn
2018954908
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1081173410
Label
Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The cabin -- The camper -- Transitional housing -- The Fairgrounds apartment -- Seven different kinds of government assistance -- The farm -- The last job on earth -- The porn house -- The move-out clean -- Henry's house -- The studio -- Minimalist -- Wendy's house -- The plant house -- The chef's house -- Donna's house -- In three years -- The sad house -- Lori's house -- "I don't know how you do it" -- The clown house -- Still life with Mia -- Do better -- The bay house -- The hardest worker -- The hoarder house -- We're home
Control code
1081173410
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 270 pages
Isbn
9780316505116
Lccn
2018954908
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1081173410

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