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SUMMARY:Motherhood\, Hunger & Higher Education
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DESCRIPTION:Virtual Talk with Stephanie Land.\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/eve
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>VIRTUAL | After the event date\, watch the
  talk any time through <a href="https://libraryc.org/bpl">Library Speakers
  Consortium</a></p>\n<p>Stephanie Land talks about her new memoir\,&nbsp\;
 <em>Class: A Memoir of Motherhood\, Hunger\, and Higher Education</em>.</p
 >\n<p>When Stephanie Land's her first book\, a memoir titled&nbsp\;<em>Mai
 d</em>\, was handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books
  of 2019 and adapted into the hit Netflix series&nbsp\;<em>Maid</em>\, whi
 ch was viewed by 67 million households\, garnering three prime time Emmy A
 ward nominations. Stephanie&rsquo\;s escape from poverty and abuse in sear
 ch of a better life inspired millions.&nbsp\;<em>Maid&nbsp\;</em>was a sto
 ry about a housecleaner&mdash\;and a woman with a dream.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In
 &nbsp\;<em>Class</em>\, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and
  pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn\, including a b
 yzantine loan system\, not having enough money for food\, and navigating t
 he judgments of professors and fellow students who didn&rsquo\;t understan
 d the demands of attending college while under the poverty line&mdash\;Lan
 d finds a way to survive once again\, finally graduating in her mid-thirti
 es.</p>\n<p><em>Class&nbsp\;</em>paints an intimate and heartbreaking port
 rait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desir
 e and professional ambition. In clear\, candid\, and moving prose\,&nbsp\;
 <em>Class&nbsp\;</em>offers a searing indictment of America&rsquo\;s educa
 tional system and an inspiring testimony of a mother&rsquo\;s triumph agai
 nst all odds.</p>\n<h5>About the Author</h5>\n<p>Stephanie Land is the aut
 hor of the&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestseller&nbsp\;<em>Maid: 
 Hard Work\, Low Pay\, and a Mother&rsquo\;s Will to Survive\, </em>inspira
 tion for the Netflix series&nbsp\;<em>Maid</em>. Her writing focuses on so
 cial and economic justice and parenting under the poverty line.</p>\n<p>Ex
 plore <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Land%2
 C%20Stephanie&amp\;searchType=author">Stephanie Land</a> in our collection
 </p>\n<h5>Attending Online</h5>\n<p>This live\, virtual event is presented
  by BPL's digital resource\,&nbsp\;Library Speakers Consortium\, which cur
 ates virtual presentations with top authors from around the world.&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p><a href="https://libraryc.org/bpl/36136/register">Register</a> to 
 attend this virtual talk live and submit questions in advance for the auth
 or.</p>\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/9531774
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