Class : a memoir
Land, Stephanie, 1978-2024
Book
When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line, Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Land paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition.
Main title:
Class : a memoir / Stephanie Land.
Author:
Land, Stephanie, 1978-, author
Work:
Imprint:
New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2024.©2023
Collation:
272 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
First daysWhat happened last summerClimbingEconomics learned, not taughtSolid goldSitting in classIt's buildering, not boulderingLateWhat supportThe crisis centerI'm pregnantTesting hungerChristmastime with the big sisterI want to be a writerLil' sisterMFAs and other mother fucking assholesStudent of the monthCoraline.
ISBN:
9781668059166 (paperback)
Dewey class:
306.87432086942306.87432086
Language:
English
Subject:
Land, Stephanie, 1978-Single mothers -- United States -- BiographyAuthors, American -- BiographyWorking class -- United States -- BiographyWomen college graduates -- United States -- BiographyLow-income college studentsWomen household employees -- United States -- BiographyWorking poor -- United StatesPoverty -- United StatesAutobiographies
BRN:
458539