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- Narrated by: Stephanie Land
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick • New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall
“Raw and inspiring.” —People
“Land is not just exploring her own story, but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism.” —The New York Times
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid.
When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called “an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor” (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie’s escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions.
Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn’t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties.
Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.
Critic Reviews
"Stephanie Land, who wrote MAID, had a laser-focused goal to succeed as a writer, and this memoir proves that in spades. Her presentation of her life, which included an abusive husband, an unpredictable father to her daughter, and financial challenges, would send anyone over the edge. It all got her down, but she never gave up. Land’s exacting words and notable phrasing immerse listeners in a story of poverty, including the sacrifices she made to graduate from college and then get a Master of Fine Arts so she could write for a living. She concludes with an epilogue explaining her current successes. Fans of her previous work will be drawn to this memoir for its honesty, integrity, and candor." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Anonymous User
- 06-01-2024
Brave, raw and honest.
I loved this book and the perspective it gave. Brilliant writing, narration and explanation on his hard it can be to live in poverty.
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- DKH
- 22-11-2023
Finished it and immediately started to listen again
Stephanie Land is an inspiration, not only her writing but how she lives and has lived - as a mother and a woman and a writer.
Fans of Maid will not be disappointed.
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- QLDmama
- 29-11-2023
Thank you is not strong enough an expression
I don’t have the words. Whilst going through my journey, one so similar to yours, I often thought this would make a great book. I wished there was one I could read to know I wasn’t alone. One to know I wasn’t going crazy, one to know the system is in fact set up to keep us down, one to know that no one else will truly understand unless they had endured similar. Thank you, for so eloquently telling your story… our story… so many single mothers story. I just hope and pray that both Maid and Class can not only reach the readership of other single parents but also the hearts and minds of those in positions of power and move them to act and defend us in order to create change for our future single mother warriors.
P.S I look forward to your next book
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- Anonymous User
- 25-11-2023
Class Vs Maid
As a huge fan of Maid i was so excited for this next instalment, What i expected vs what was released was very different. Class is a book of determination but also entitlement, to constantly hear that a university degree was the authors right was hard to digest. No one is entitled to a uni degree, many don't have the luxury and I don't know a mum who would drag a small child along for the "university life" Unlike Maid, Class was not relatable and more of a book of whining about how little money the government would support her selfish agenda of needing to be a writer above all else. The chapters about using pulling out as a form of protection, omg, it got worse! I can't imagine Coraline not knowing who her biological dad is, For family health history alone, not knowing can cause so many complications later in her adult life, I think Stephanie might be more like her mum than she thinks. Over and over Stephanie talks on how she needs friends who are there for her, not once do we hear her being there for someone other than herself. Im glad the generosity of others paid off.
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