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“Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation – the crime being a lack of means to survive.”

Maid by Stephanie Land

August 27, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was good, but I’m not going to shout to the rooftops over it. I can’t say I was really disappointed by expectations on this one, because I didn’t have any. It was only until about halfway through that I found myself wishing the book was something else, and that’s not the author’s fault. The cover and blurb are sort of misleading. This isn’t a book about what it’s like to be a maid, with hard-hitting social criticism or research. It’s a straight-up memoir about […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, abusive relationships, Maid, Motherhood, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, poverty, Stephanie Land

narfna's CBR12 Review No:105 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, abusive relationships, Maid, Motherhood, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, poverty, Stephanie Land ·
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CBR11Bingo: The Collection & Reader’s Choice — BLACKOUT!

A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett

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

September 8, 2019 by badkittyuno 4 Comments

Woohoo! I’ve got a blackout board and I’m almost completely caught up on reviews (10 left after this one). A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett I don’t normally read or really enjoy short stories, so this is definitely a good example of Bingo making us broaden our horizons! I found this short story collection by searching “collection” on Overdrive. I had thought I might reread some Stephen King or Neil Gaimen short stories, but when I saw this Terry Prachett […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: badkittyuno, cbr11bingo, Stephanie Land, Terry Pratchett

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:175 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: badkittyuno, cbr11bingo, Stephanie Land, Terry Pratchett ·
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This is America

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

May 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

This was a tough book to get through. Reading about Stephanie Land’s experiences of trying to parent her daughter while dealing with being homeless and broke was eye-opening. The main reason why I didn’t give this five stars though is that I wish that Land had touched more upon on how the country looks down upon those that they see as stealing (immigrants) are just lazy and don’t want to work (POC). She brings it up here and there about how terribly she sees other […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Maid, Stephanie Land

Classic's CBR11 Review No:107 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Maid, Stephanie Land ·
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