Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Large Print, Book Author: Land, Stephanie, author. Title: Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive / Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. Publisher, Date: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, [2019] ©2019 Edition: Large print edition. Description: 441 pages ; 23 cm. large print large print (16 point) Summary: 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. -- adapted from jacket of regular print edition. Series: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs Subjects: Land, Stephanie Women household employees -- United States -- Biography Working class -- United States -- Biography Single mothers -- United States -- Biography Working poor -- United States. Poverty -- United States Large type books Genre: Autobiographies. Other Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara, writer of foreword. LCCN: 2018059424 ISBN: 9781432858926 (large print : hardcover) 1432858920 (large print : hardcover) Other Number: 1083691305 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 1 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 1741431 Call Number: 331.4/8164092 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
