Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Memoir_Gift_Guide While their first book

While their first book

Sides and bright salads like Moroccan Carrot Salad

Urged on by her friends

along with her childhood friend

A dying friend

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Memoir_Gift_Guide While their first bookNEW 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.