Kalamazoo Public Library recently issued the following announcement.
Engage in a thought-provoking conversation about books, exchange perspectives, and get to know your neighbors-virtually! Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, we’ll be holding the meetings online. Please register so we can contact you with information on when and how to connect online!
In May, we will discuss Maid, by Stephanie Land. 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. 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.
Date: Mon, May 4 @ 6:30 pm–7:30 pm
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