Williamsburg Regional Library

Class, a memoir, Stephanie Land

eng

autobiography

no index present

non fiction

Class

1389274458

Stephanie Land

Good Morning America book club

a memoir

When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. 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. Land paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition

First days -- What happened last summer -- Climbing -- Economics learned, not taught -- Solid gold -- Sitting in class -- It's buildering, not bouldering -- Late -- What support -- The crisis center -- I'm pregnant -- Testing hunger -- Christmastime with the big sister -- I want to be a writer -- Lil' sister -- MFAs and other mother fucking assholes -- Student of the month -- Coraline

adult

Class : a memoir of motherhood, hunger, and higher education