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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive

Stephanie Land

What is it like to clean other people's houses for low pay and try to give a daughter a safe home with pieced together public help?

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Author
Stephanie Land

Why read it

  • You will see low wage cleaning work and the public help system through the eyes of a mother living on both
  • You will learn how a parent with almost nothing keeps chasing a better life and a real home for her child
  • You will understand how many separate systems a poor single parent has to juggle to keep housing and work

Who it is for

  • Someone who hires a cleaner and has never asked about their life
  • A voter or policymaker shaping help for low income families
  • A single parent who wants to know they are not alone

Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. PART ONE
  3. THE CABIN
  4. THE CAMPER
  5. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
  6. THE FAIRGROUNDS APARTMENT
  7. SEVEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
  8. THE FARM
  9. THE LAST JOB ON EARTH
  10. THE PORN HOUSE
  11. THE MOVE-OUT CLEAN
  12. HENRY’S HOUSE
  13. PART TWO
  14. THE STUDIO
  15. MINIMALIST
  16. WENDY’S HOUSE
  17. THE PLANT HOUSE
  18. THE CHEF’S HOUSE
  19. DONNA’S HOUSE
  20. IN THREE YEARS
  21. THE SAD HOUSE
  22. LORI’S HOUSE
  23. “I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT”
  24. THE CLOWN HOUSE
  25. STILL LIFE WITH MIA
  26. PART THREE
  27. DO BETTER
  28. THE BAY HOUSE
  29. THE HARDEST WORKER
  30. THE HOARDER HOUSE
  31. WE’RE HOME

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