A Good Morning America Book Club Pick 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.
