Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

72 reviews

makaylasanafaye's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse

museum_owl's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

God was this good and impactful. Just a really clear look at how poverty looks in this godforsaken country, and how you can't "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" if the system is set up to make sure that you can't move forward. And Ms. Land didn't even have systemic racism working against her! Just. incredible and so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Bullying, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

maddiet425's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, and Car accident

Moderate: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, and Blood

juliarenae's review

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

showed the reality, raw, and honest

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Classism, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

frmeden's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

tillycrane's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ryleeisstressed's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

lovelyoutliers's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

2.75

This book follows a young mother trying to survive in low-paid, insecure work, trying to piece a life together with hard work, grit, and piecemeal social assistance. A scathing commentary on the broken welfare system, and made more compelling by the audiobook narration by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

idesofmarch's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness and Vomit