Stephanie Land

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner, a “raw and inspiring” (People) memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid. 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, he called it an “unflinching look at America’s class divide…and a reminder of the dignity of all work.” Later, it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by sixty-seven 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, food insecurity, 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. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick “Raw and inspiring.” —People “Land is not just exploring her own story, but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism.” —The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid. 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. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner--a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid. 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. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all odds.

New York Times -bestseller - tuttu myös Netflix-sarjana Maid. Stephanie Landin raastava ja omakohtainen tarina vuosista, joina hän siivosi Yhdysvaltain yläluokan koteja ja seurasi hiljaa sivusta asiakkaidensa voittoja, tragedioita ja syvimpiä salaisuuksia. Stephanie Landin unelmat yliopisto-opinnoista ja kirjailijaksi tulemisesta murenivat, kun kesäinen suhde teki hänestä yksinhuoltajan. Toimeentulo oli yhtä kituuttamista, mutta Stephanie oli päättänyt luoda perheelleen paremman elämän. Hän siivosi päivisin, opiskeli verkossa iltaisin ja suoritti college-tutkinnon. Samalla hän kirjoitti omasta todellisuudestaan: elämästään ruokakupongeilla, hallituksen tukiohjelmista, joiden kautta hädin tuskin järjestyi asuinpaikka, ja välinpitämättömistä virkamiehistä, jotka saivat hänet häpeämään vähäisiäkin avustuksia. Ennen kaikkea hän kirjoitti siitä, miten vaikeaa köyhän on tavoitella amerikkalaista unelmaa. Palveluksessanne on Stephanien tarina, muttei ainoastaan hänen. Se on innoittava osoitus ihmismielen rohkeudesta, päättäväisyydestä ja äärimmäisestä vahvuudesta. Stephanie Landin tekstejä on julkaistu muun muassa The New York Timesissa, The Washington Postissa, The Atlanticissa ja The Guardianissa. Hänen tuotantonsa käsittelee etenkin yhteiskunnallista ja taloudellista oikeudenmukaisuutta.

New York Times -bestseller - tuttu myös Netflix-sarjana Maid. Stephanie Landin raastava ja omakohtainen tarina vuosista, joina hän siivosi Yhdysvaltain yläluokan koteja ja seurasi hiljaa sivusta asiakkaidensa voittoja, tragedioita ja syvimpiä salaisuuksia. Stephanie Landin unelmat yliopisto-opinnoista ja kirjailijaksi tulemisesta murenivat, kun kesäinen suhde teki hänestä yksinhuoltajan. Toimeentulo oli yhtä kituuttamista, mutta Stephanie oli päättänyt luoda perheelleen paremman elämän. Hän siivosi päivisin, opiskeli verkossa iltaisin ja suoritti college-tutkinnon. Samalla hän kirjoitti omasta todellisuudestaan: elämästään ruokakupongeilla, hallituksen tukiohjelmista, joiden kautta hädin tuskin järjestyi asuinpaikka, ja välinpitämättömistä virkamiehistä, jotka saivat hänet häpeämään vähäisiäkin avustuksia. Ennen kaikkea hän kirjoitti siitä, miten vaikeaa köyhän on tavoitella amerikkalaista unelmaa. Palveluksessanne on Stephanien tarina, muttei ainoastaan hänen. Se on innoittava osoitus ihmismielen rohkeudesta, päättäväisyydestä ja äärimmäisestä vahvuudesta. Stephanie Landin tekstejä on julkaistu muun muassa The New York Timesissa, The Washington Postissa, The Atlanticissa ja The Guardianissa. Hänen tuotantonsa käsittelee etenkin yhteiskunnallista ja taloudellista oikeudenmukaisuutta.

DEN SANDE HISTORIE BAG NETFLIX-HITSERIENSom enlig mor knokler Stephanie Land som rengøringshjælp for at kunne forsøge sig selv og sin lille datter. Det er en barsk beskrivelse af fattiges vilkår i USA og den skam, hun føler, og de fordomme, hun bliver mødt med på samfundets bund. Goodreads-nomineret til Årets biografi.” Maid er en enlig mors personlige, urokkelige blik på USA’s klassekløft, en beskrivelse af den hårfine line, mange familier går på blot for at klare sig, og en påmindelse om værdigheden ved alt arbejde.” Barack Obama”Næste gang, du hører nogen sige, at fattige mennesker er dovne, så giv dem et eksemplar af Maid.” Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Rammer den rene rædsel, der følger med at være fattig og udmattelsen ved at vide, at ethvert fejltrin eller skæbnedrejning vil skubbe dig dybere ned i hullet.” Boston Globe”Hendes kærlighed til sin datter skinner klart gennem siderne i denne smukke, opløftende historie om modstandskraft og overlevelse.” Publishers Weekly

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES STARRING MARGARET QUALLEY & ANDY MACDOWELL. BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter.'As a struggling single mum, determined to keep a roof over her daughter's head, Stephanie Land worked for years as a maid, working long hours in order to provide for her small family. In Maid, she reveals the dark truth of what it takes to survive and thrive in today's inequitable society. As she worked hard to climb her way out of poverty as a single parent, scrubbing the toilets of the wealthy, navigating domestic labour jobs as a cleaner whilst also juggling higher education, assisted housing, and a tangled web of government assistance, Stephanie wrote. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told. The stories of the overworked and underpaid. Written in honest, heart-rending prose and with great insight, Maid explores the underbelly of the upper-middle classes and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. 'I'd become a nameless ghost,' Stephanie writes. With this book, she gives voice to the 'servant' worker, those who fight daily to scramble and scrape by for their own lives and the lives of their children.

"A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide (Barack Obama)," this New York Times bestselling memoir is the inspiration for the Netflix limited series, hailed by Rolling Stone as "a great one." 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. "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work." -PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Obama's Summer Reading List

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREvicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) coupons to eat. Of the government programs that provided her housing, but that doubled as halfway houses. The aloof government employees who called her lucky for receiving assistance while she didn't feel lucky at all. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it's like to be in service to them. "I'd become a nameless ghost," Stephanie writes about her relationship with her clients, many of whom do not know her from any other cleaner, but who she learns plenty about. As she begins to discover more about her clients' lives-their sadness and love, too-she begins to find hope in her own path. Her compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the "servant" worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not her alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

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