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

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內容簡介 Netflix 影集《MAID》女傭浮生錄光是養活自己，那不叫活著。只要願意跪著清馬桶，她們母女勉強有家可歸。但，女傭決定拿起筆，寫下在社會底層討生活的故事，奮力翻轉自己的命運。◆選書記錄★歐巴馬2019年夏日選書★2019年Amazon一月選書★《富比士雜誌》2019年度最期待書籍★《Glamour雜誌》年度最佳圖書★《時代雜誌》一月選書★《Vulture雜誌》一月選書★《今日美國》絕不能錯過的新書★《底特律新聞報》2019年最受矚目新書★《米蘇拉人報》當月最佳圖書★《聖地牙哥娛樂雜誌》新年選書★Boston.com波士頓城市網站，2019年期待新書★Hello Giggles女性社群網站，當週推薦新書◆內容簡介本書作者史戴芬妮．蘭德在二十八歲時，原本打算遠走他鄉，離開位於美國太平洋西北區的家鄉，完成念大學與當作家的夢想，但這個夢被擱置。她因為一場夏日的短暫戀情，不小心未婚懷孕，為了謀生開始幫人打掃房子。史戴芬妮沒忘記夢想，也想盡量提供女兒最好的生活，除了外出工作，還選修網路課程，努力取得大學學分。此外，她一有機會就寫作，寫下美國低薪窮忙族沒人述說的真實故事。史戴芬妮靠政府發放的食物券和「婦嬰幼兒營養補充計畫」（WIC）購買食物。政府也提供她棲身之所，但那同時是中途之家。冷漠的公務人員認為史戴芬妮能得到協助已是幸事，但她一點都不感到幸運。史戴芬妮寫下生活中發生的點點滴滴，記錄下這場奮鬥之旅，打破世人對於窮人根深柢固的偏見。本書探索中上階級美國人不為人知的一面，以及服務這群人的真實情況。史戴芬妮以「我成為沒有名字的鬼魂」這句話，描述她與清潔客戶之間的關係。許多客戶分不清史戴芬妮與其他清潔人員，史戴芬妮卻對他們的生活細節知之甚詳。她逐漸瞭解客戶的生活、他們的愛與哀愁，也在自己的道路上找到希望。史戴芬妮誠實吐露心聲的感性日誌風格，替從事服務業的「佣人」發言，說出生活在貧窮線之下、仍努力追求美國夢的民眾心聲。本書是史戴芬妮的故事，但也不只是她的故事。這本書見證了人類心靈的力量、決心與最終勝利。本中文書介出自《我只想讓我女兒有個家》大塊文化出版股份有限公司出版NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, HAILED BY ROLLING STONE AS "A GREAT ONE. " "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 2019 Summer Reading List "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."

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作者介紹 Stephanie LandSTEPHANIE LAND's work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the Guardian, and many others. Her writing focuses on social and economic justice.Barbara EhrenreichBARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in Virginia.

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