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Time to play What’s Piggy Reading Now! #maidmemoir by @stepville Damn, this book is hitting me right in the feels. Be kind to the working poor and while you’re at it, stop the stigma against welfare recipients! . . . #books #reading #stephanieland #welfare #workingpoor #poverty https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Q8vcvnYWJ/?igshid=we2nt88aq77e

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive By Stephanie Land ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Between listening to the first half on audiobook and finishing the last half by reading, I started and finished this book in one day. I loved this memoir and reading about a single mother's struggle to provide for her child gave me a great dose of humility. Stephanie documented her time working as a maid (among other side jobs) where many of her clients would assume she was invisible. She wrote about her experience being called lazy and ungrateful for government assistance when she was working any jobs she could find. She did this while pursuing higher education so she could make a better life for herself and her daughter. The story was heartbreaking and eye-opening, but I loved reading about her overcoming these insane obstacles. Between abuse, she persevered all for the sake of her child. It's hard to imagine what many of us would do in her situation, but this story caused me to wonder if I could have handled myself the same way. I guess the next step is to watch it on Netflix to see how well they portrayed Stephanie's story. I'm rating four stars because I loved the story and writing style, but the formatting and timeline were a tad confusing. • • • • • #stephanielandmaid #stephanieland #maidnetflix #lizzierecommends #memoir #bookstagram #bookbloggersofinstagram #bookblogging https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf9OtH7r4v3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Maid (2019) ~ Stephanie Land ❤️❤️ Maid by Stephanie Land was not the book I expected it to be. As a memoir, it shines a light on a very broken system. A system where being poor, no matter how hard you work, is essentially criminalizes. A system where the more hours you work, the less you can feed your child. A system where just buying milk comes with layers of bureaucracy and shame. Land tells the story of what she did to survive with her toddler daughter after leaving an abusive relationship. She opens up about her fractured familial relationships, and what she felt she had to do to give her daughter Mia the best life possible under very challenging circumstances. While reading this book, my main feeling was stress. stress as she mentally figured exactly how much money she had in her bank account at any given time. Stress as she found and lost jobs. Stress at the situations that found her time and time again. I don’t know what I was expecting when I read this book, but whatever it was, I found the book to be not quite it. It was an easy enough read, and there were emotions throughout, but mostly I felt like I was just moving along in the drudgery with Land. (268 pgs) #bookreview #maid #stephanieland #memoir #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #2019 #easyread #nonfiction #poverty #singlemom #lowincome (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_fBeVlIBv/?utm_medium=tumblr

A série #Maid tem aparecido muuuuito no consultório e como muitos pacientes me indicaram vai um breve comentário da série. . Maid é uma série baseada no livro autobiográfico "Superação trabalho duro, salário baixo e dever de uma mãe solo" de Stephanie Land @stepville . . Conta a história de Alex, uma mulher que sai de casa, durante uma madrugada, com a filha de dois anos no colo, fugindo de um marido alcoólatra que esmurrava paredes e quebrava coisas, quando bêbado. Mas não é só isso... . Essa série fala de outros muitos abusos sutis e implícitos na rotina pesada de ser mulher. . E a gente precisa aprender demais, para conviver, para atender, para ouvir e para compreender dores veladas e carregadas transgeracionalmente de forma tantas vezes insuportável. . Sim, porque não suportamos mais uma vida tão aprisionada em tudo que envolve abuso, violência e insegurança. . Um diálogo que marcou pra mim foi quando uma amiga diz a Alex "você precisa começar a sentir raiva". . Talvez a passividade seja a forma mais comum que toda menina aprende a ser na vida. Porque é "feio" mulher brigar, somos muitas vezes taxadas de loucas por isso. . Nessa série a gente entende que mulheres devem apoiar mulheres, e como é importante nos darmos as mãos, não só aqui nos discursos instagramavéis, nesses vídeos e textos lindos que na prática se transformam em poeira ao vento (infelizmente). . Precisamos olhar mais para as nossas necessidades não atendidas, nossas feridas mal curadas, nosso desejos embotadose não deixarmos isso se reproduzir em nossos filhos, pacientes.. . "Maid" faz a gente ter esse olhar. E uma série que tira muita sujeira debaixo do tapete e nos força a sair do lugar. . Maid por sua vez se torna: terapêutica, reflexiva e poderosa! . #maid #Netflix #stephanieland #façaterapia erapia https://www.instagram.com/p/CVNxMXZr3HL/?utm_medium=tumblr

There had never been a more important book than this. Never have I understood and appreciated the privilege of having a support system that surrounds me and a job that pays me well. This took me back to working 3 minimum wage jobs and still having to ask for help to pay rent or if I had to go to the doctors. I cried every time I had to do it, but there was always someone available to help. It reminded me of the drawing my boss did that I've kept for 13 years. He gave it to me when he handed me my paycheck early so I could go home for Christmas with money in my bank account. This book reminded me how lucky I am and how hard life can be for others that are not offered the same privileges I had access to and sometimes take for granted. • This should be required reading for everyone to understand the systemic problem that is living far below the poverty line, barely making ends meet, and having people that are supposed to be helping you tell you you're not doing enough. This book will make you understand both the folly of every argument you've ever heard against people using government assistance programs and exactly how it feels to live in it. • Go read it immediately. • #maid #stephanieland #bookstagram #books #reader https://www.instagram.com/p/B2mQqeali36/?igshid=fl8pnkzdvxhn

Okay kid, you study and I will read. #botm #maid #stephanieland #bookofthemonth #inpdreads https://www.instagram.com/p/BswTxVDAiZz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18y7p7lwfw2ur

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