29 records matched your query
04393aam a2200553Mi 4500 001 DD037C16C72911EA8497BA5297128E48 003 SILO 005 20240614012153 008 200203t20202019nyu e 000 0aeng 020 $a 0316505099 020 $a 9780316505093 035 $a (OCoLC)1140426543 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d HRM $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 4 $a HD6072.2.U5 $b L36 2020 100 1 $a Land, Stephanie, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Maid : $b hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive / $c Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. 250 $a First trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Hachette Books, $c 2020. 300 $a xiv, 273 pages ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Includes reading group guide. 520 $a "At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and, with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and 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. 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. [This book] explores the secret underbelly of upper middle class Americans 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. Her compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the 'servant' worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit." 505 00 $t We're home. $t The camper -- $t Transitional housing -- $t The Fairgrounds apartment -- $t Seven different kinds of government assistance -- $t The farm -- $t The last job on earth -- $t The porn house -- $t The move-out clean -- $t Henry's house -- $t The studio -- $t Minimalist -- $t Wendy's house -- $t The plant house -- $t The chef's house -- $t Donna's house -- $t In three years -- $t The sad house -- $t Lori's house -- $t "I don't know how you do it" -- $t The clown house -- $t Still life with Mia -- $t Do better -- $t The bay house -- $t The hardest worker -- $t The hoarder house -- $t We're home. 600 10 $a Land, Stephanie, $d 1978- 650 0 $a Working class $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poverty $z United States. 650 0 $a Working poor $z United States. 650 0 $a Women household employees $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Single mothers $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Poverty. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074093 650 7 $a Single mothers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01119370 650 7 $a Women household employees. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01734125 650 7 $a Working class. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180418 650 7 $a Working poor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180666 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Ehrenreich, Barbara, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 8 952 $l A2PD787 $d 20240625010149.0 952 $l UHPB911 $d 20240223150155.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20220708155403.0 952 $l VQPC384 $d 20220323131854.0 952 $l WFPC115 $d 20211028151931.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210831010930.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20210422013902.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20200716013516.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD037C16C72911EA8497BA5297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search