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At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams -- breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest, attending a university, and becoming a writer -- were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, working days and taking college classes online. She also began to write relentlessly. She wrote the true stories that weren't being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans....
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Polish
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A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
"Czasami jedna zła decyzja ma wpływ na całe życie. Tak było, kiedy Stephanie związała się z niewłaściwym mężczyzną. To miała być tylko wakacyjna przygoda - a jednak kilkanaście miesięcy później Stephanie mieszkała z agresywnym...