A 28, Stephanie Land’s dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Made is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie‘s years spent in service to upper middle class America as a nameless ghost who quietly shared in her clients tragedies, triumph, and deepest secrets, ndriven to carve out a better life for her family, she cleaned by day and took online classes at night, writing relentlessly as she worked towards earning a college degree. She wrote of the true stories that weren’t being told: of living on food, stamps, and WIC coupons, of government programs that barely provided housing, of aloof, government employees who shamed her for receiving what little assistance she did. Above all, she wrote about pursuing the myth of the American Dream from the poverty line, all the wild slashing through deep rooted stigma of the working poor. Maid is Stephanie‘s story, but it’s not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the courage, determination, and ultimate strength of the human spirit.