Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Titre
Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Stephanie, Land

Sommaire
Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, took classes online to earn a college degree. And she wrote relentlessly: true stories of overworked and underpaid Americans; of living on food stamps and WIC coupons. Here she explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2019

Description matérielle
xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Land, Stephanie

Terme de vedette-matière
Women household employees -- United States -- Biography
 
Working class -- United States -- Biography
 
Single mothers -- United States -- Biography
 
Working poor -- United States
 
Poverty -- United States

Genre
Autobiographies

Vedette secondaire auteur
Ehrenreich, Barbara,

Résumé
Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, took classes online to earn a college degree. And she wrote relentlessly: true stories of overworked and underpaid Americans; of living on food stamps and WIC coupons. Here she explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780316505116
 
9780316454506
 
9780316505093

Informations de publication
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Edmonton Christian High331.48 LANBook30905000122774Non-Fiction