2nd Tuesday Book Club: Maid

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Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk. Registration is not required.

This month we're reading: "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive" by Stephanie Land.

At 28, Stephanie Land’s dreams of attending university and becoming a writer were interrupted by an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet while taking online classes and writing relentlessly, determined to give her daughter a better life.

In Maid, Land explores the underbelly of upper-middle-class America and what it’s like to serve them. As a cleaner, she becomes almost invisible to her clients, yet she learns much about their lives. Her journey not only sheds light on the lives of domestic workers but also gives voice to those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line.