Title:
Class : a memoir
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Edition:
First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2023.
Physical Description:
272 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781982151393
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
"The Good Morning America book club, a GMA book club pick!"--Dust jacket.
Contents:
First days -- What happened last summer -- Climbing -- Economics learned, not taught -- Solid gold -- Sitting in class -- It's buildering, not bouldering -- Late -- What support -- The crisis center -- I'm pregnant -- Testing hunger -- Christmastime with the big sister -- I want to be a writer -- Lil' sister -- MFAs and other mother fucking assholes -- Student of the month -- Coraline.
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Language:
English
