Book club kit. Maid
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Downers Grove Public Library - Ask StaffBOOK BAG MAIDAsk staff
Geneva Public Library District - Book ClubBUNDLE: MAIDOn Shelf

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1 book club kit (contents vary).
Language
English

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General Note
Ask staff how to reserve and borrow this kit. All copies are checked out and returned by one member of your group.
Description
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.
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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Land, S., & Ehrenreich, B. Book club kit .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Land, Stephanie, 1978- and Barbara Ehrenreich. Book Club Kit. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Land, Stephanie, 1978- and Barbara Ehrenreich. Book Club Kit .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Land, Stephanie, and Barbara Ehrenreich. Book Club Kit

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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