02359cam a2200361 i 4500 545755664 TxAuBib 190409s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018954908 9780316505116 hardcover $18.25 0316505110 hardcover $18.25 DLC eng DLC JLGCP rda TxAuBib rda Land, Stephanie, 1978- Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive / Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. First edition. Hatchette Books, 2019. New York ; Boston : Hachette Books, 2019. XIV, 270 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Junior Library Guild. At 28, Stephanie Land's plans to attend a university and become a writer were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet and provide her daughter the very best life possible. Stephanie worked days, 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. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Ages 16 & up. Grades 11 & up. A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) Poverty United States. Single parents Biography United States. Working class Biography United States. Women household employees Biography United States. Ehrenreich, Barbara, writer of foreword.