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WATCH LIVE: Bestselling author Stephanie Land joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive.” twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
“Maid” details Land’s journey from single mother and $10-an-hour domestic worker to college student with a budding writing career. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Land opens up about the 4th grade teacher that inspired her to be a writer ⬇️
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Before the "Maid" Netflix show, before the novel, Land says that she recorded much of her story in a blog on LiveJournal.

"My whole life has been recorded... It became my way of processing." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Maid" premiered on Netflix in Oct. 2021.

Here, Land describes what it was like watching her story on screen with her own child ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-…
"They were affected by the book [and watching the show]," says Land. "Not really realizing how tough it was on me. But I didn't really want that to be the point." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
In “Maid,” Land offers a firsthand account of life as a single mother struggling under the weight of crushing poverty and what she calls a “broken system of government assistance.”

"I saw that as an opportunity to speak out and be an advocate." latimes.com/entertainment-…
"When the book came out and started to get a lot of buzz, I did not want to be 'the face of poverty,'" says Land. latimes.com/entertainment-…
So what does Land have coming up next?

She shares about her next book, "Class."
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"We're so focused in this country on things that don't really matter for a lot of people whose struggle is just the day-to-day." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"I don't understand how we're not willing to take care of children in this country... And a lot of that is just not trusting poor people with cash, when really they need money, because they're not being paid enough to survive," says Land. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"We force poor people to prove that they're worthy... And that's just backwards to me."
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What was author Stephanie Land's role in the "Maid" Netflix series?

She opens up about the experience ⬇️
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"I am so honored to watch the ["Maid"] series. I view it as something very separate from my book... Artistically they're their own." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Join the L.A. Times Book Club for updates on the latest reads, discussions, live events and giveaways.
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