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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive / Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich.
A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316505116 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0316505110 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich -- Part 1. 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 -- Part 2. 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 -- Part 3. Do better ; The bay house ; The hardest worker ; The hoarder house ; We're home. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Abington Community Library | 331.4 LAND (Text) | 50687011611509 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - | ||
| Abington Community Library | 331.4 LAND (Text) | 50687011644831 | Browsing | Available | - | ||
| Albright Memorial Library | 331.4 LAND (Text) | 50686015430353 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - | ||
| Albright Memorial Library | 331.4 LAND (Text) | 50686015475077 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - | ||
| Taylor Community Library | 331.4 LAND (Text) | 50692010852864 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
