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

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

我只想讓我女兒有個家: 一個單親女傭的求生之路

期:
2019/01/21
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內容簡介

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。

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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

Evicted 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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作者介紹

Journalist Stephanie Land's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Vox, Salon, and many other outlets. She focuses on social and economic justice as a writing fellow through both the Center for Community Change and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in Virginia.

規格

誠品貨碼 / 2681720513001
ISBN13 / 9780316505116
ISBN10 / 0316505110
EAN貨碼 / 9780316505116
頁數 / 288
注音版 / 否
裝訂 / H:精裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 16.2X23.8X2.5CM
級別 / N:無

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