The book is an illuminating window into the mundane, low-paid service work that much of America never notices or chooses to ignore. She was on a plane last month when her book made The New York Times' list. But between cleaning houses and caring for her daughter, Land was a thirtysomething student who didn't get invited to many parties with her fellow English majors. "They were all writing about their year abroad and I was writing about cleaning toilets," she said. Her book describes how meeting government assistance programs' work requirements while taking college classes and raising her daughter was a constant, near-impossible balancing act.

Source: CNN February 16, 2019 11:37 UTC