Class
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Tradotto da: Chiara Libero
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Non basta un bestseller per diventare ricchi. Stephanie Land se ne rende conto in fretta, dopo il successo di Maid – Donna delle pulizie: i debiti ci sono ancora, come rimangono le difficoltà per trovare un lavoro che non sia massacrante e sottopagato. In più, Stephanie è single e la figlia, Emilia, sta per cominciare la scuola, quindi le spese si moltiplicano. Ma lei non si arrende: è decisa a continuare l’università – che in America ha un costo esorbitante – perché sa che la strada verso un futuro sereno, per sé e per la figlia, passa per la conquista della dignità personale, e punta diritta alla realizzazione del suo sogno di diventare una scrittrice. E allora, con onestà e coraggio, racconta l’angosciante senso d’insicurezza economica, la frustrazione di doversi accontentare di cibi del discount o di vestiti di seconda mano, i sensi di colpa per non riuscire a offrire a Emilia la tranquillità e la sicurezza che un genitore dovrebbe dare ai propri figli, compresi i momenti da trascorrere insieme, “divorati” dal lavoro e dallo studio. Una testimonianza schietta, forte e struggente, il ritratto di una donna che vive sulla propria pelle le umiliazioni e gli ostacoli, ma anche le speranze, dell’attuale condizione femminile.
- ISBN: 8833212297
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 352
- Data di uscita: 13-09-2024
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As a reminder, this is how I track and share thoughts about my personal reading. This is not the NYTBR and we are not obligated to love every book we read. I went into reading Class with great interest because I really enjoyed Maid. Land is a great writer, particularly when conveying the relentless
I was curious how Land would follow up her debut, Maid, which was a bookstagram darling when it came out in 2019. I admit that I wasn't the biggest fan of that book because I did not like Land's victimhood mentality or her whiny voice. Sadly, this book was an extension of both of those things. For w Leggi tutto
This is enraging! As someone from the town where Class takes place, a former UM student and also as a former single Mom...this book is NOT true. The way she speaks of former professors by name, and accuses them of horrible things...wrong, and completely not true. This book is victim 101. If you woul Leggi tutto
"Class" is a memoir that shares the experiences of author Stephanie Land as a struggling single mother living in poverty. It is a follow up to the New York Times bestseller “Maid,” which became a limited series on Netflix. While this new memoir does shed light on the challenges faced by many women i Leggi tutto
3.5 stars rounded up Taking place where Maid ended, Class is the personal memoir of Stephanie Land and her time at college in Missoula. After leaving behind her abusive ex and starting fresh at college in a new state, Land is still struggling to raise her daughter and attend school at the same time
2.5 but rounded down. This was a compelling read in the sense that I wanted to keep reading to find out what would happen next. However, this read as if it was written in a hurry, and I guess that turned out to be true. Structurally, the chronology was difficult to follow (at times there are flashba Leggi tutto
