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LWVPA Book Club - Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
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LWVPA Book Club
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
by Stephanie Land
Facilitated by Kim Inman, LWVPA Co-President
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 7:00 PM
Zoom Meeting
Members and their Guests Invited
You may have already watched the Netflix drama series of the same name based on the book.
Now join our LWVPA Book Club for a discussion of this New York Times bestseller.
At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Maid is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie's years spent in service to upper-middle-class America as a "nameless ghost" who quietly shared in her clients' triumphs, tragedies, and deepest secrets. Driven to carve out a better life for her family, she cleaned by day and took online classes by night, writing relentlessly as she worked toward earning a college degree. She wrote of the true stories that weren't being told: of living on food stamps and WIC coupons, of government programs that barely provided housing, of aloof government employees who shamed her for receiving what little assistance she did. Above all else, she wrote about pursuing the myth of the American dream from the poverty line, all the while slashing through deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor.
Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the courage, determination, and ultimate strength of the human spirit.
Resources;
NPR interview with author: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689611873/in-maid-a-single-mother-finds-no-way-to-make-it-on-minimum-wage
Meet your fantastic fellow League members on Zoom and enjoy an evening of discussing
these important topics that imperil the lives of women in our communities each day.
Location
Zoom Meeting
USA
Event Contact(s)
Camille Basak
Gayle Banakis
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