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

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katie0528's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Stephanie tells of life as a single mother. After deciding not to attend college after getting pregnant early in a new relationship, she winds up in a series of bad relationships, becomes homeless, and has to navigate endless government red tape in order to keep her infant daughter from starving. By taking on a series of cleaning jobs and gaining support from coworkers, clients, and case workers, Stephanie grasps a modecum of comfort time and time again only to have it snatched away again. While it is a seemingly realistic portrayal of life in poverty, including the restrictions on government aid, the social stigma in using it, and the lack of quality for what aid can even be used for, this book does feel a little inspiration porn-y. Strephanie was able to break the cyle of poverty, attend University of Montana, and publish her book. The second half of the book, Land constantly brings up how she will one day escape, and then
all of a sudden she gets a scholarship to support her move, her abusive ex quite literally disappears from her life
and everything magically falls together, with Land quite literally walking into the sunset at the end.
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mheiling's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring slow-paced

3.0

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