‘Maid’ author Stephanie Land brings story of poverty and parenting

Published in "The Canton Repository"
October 15, 2023

Author Stephanie Land admits to feeling the pressure of following up her memoir sensation, "Maid."

"Whether or not your first book is a success, the second one ... absolutely needs to be," she told The Canton Repository in a recent phone interview. "So there's a ton of pressure on anybody with their second book and kind of securing the trajectory of their career and if there will be a third."

Land's first book gave readers a voyeuristic peek inside the world of cleaning homes for the wealthy while struggling to pay rent and provide food for her young daughter. She was also a survivor of domestic violence.

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