The Maid's Room: 'A modern-day The Help' - Emerald Street - Couverture rigide

Mitchell, Fiona

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1473659566 ISBN 13 : 9781473659568

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton, 2017

Synopsis

For readers of The Help and The Invention of Wings, a searing and sweeping debut novel that gives a new and unforgettable perspective on modern day domestic workers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fiona Mitchell is an award-winning writer and has worked as a journalist for many years. She spent almost three years living in Singapore and now lives in London with her husband and daughter. The Maid's Room is her first novel.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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'A beautifully written debut that's both moving and humorous with characters I truly cared about. I loved everything about it!'
Claire Douglas Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

'This is where she sleeps. A cupboard. A bedroom. A windowless box.'

Sisters Dolly and Tala have never felt further from home. In the blistering heat of Singapore, they spend their days enabling ex-pats to have lives they could never afford for themselves.

Even though she has little freedom, Dolly can just about live with her job if it means she's able to support her beloved young daughter back in the Philippines. One day - if she's lucky - Dolly may even be able to go back and see her.

Tala, however, just can't keep her mouth shut about the restrictive, archaic rules maids are forced to abide by on pain of deportation. She risks everything to help her fellow maids, who have struggled to have their voices heard for far too long.

In a world where domestic workers are treated so poorly, The Maid's Room explores how women can come together to change each other's lives, and be the architects of their own futures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1473659566
• ISBN 13: 9781473659568
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible