Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures

Rafkin, Louise; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

ISBN 10: 1565121627 / ISBN 13: 9781565121621

Edité par Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1998

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195pp. Light wear, DJ: rubbing, light wear.

N° de réf. du vendeur 070505

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
• Éditeur: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1565121627
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781565121621
• Reliure: Hb
• État de l'article: VG+
• État de la jaquette: VG

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Synopsis

Book by Rafkin Louise

Présentation de l'éditeur

After earning an M.A. in Comparative Literature, Louise Rafkin, facing a career choice, took the road less traveled. She became a housecleaner. The money was better than teaching, the lifestyle intriguing for someone with an insatiable curiosity about her fellow human beings. And while she quickly became an expert on the best vacuum cleaner in the world--and the most efficient paper towels--she also saw the unseen parts of people's lives. In this fresh, funny, strikingly original memoir, she talks about her invisible status as a domestic worker in a world of illicit sex and secret livees, of closet alcoholics and binge eaters, unlikely spiritualists and revealing celebrities. In Other People's Dirt, Louise Rafkin reveals something about our values, our society, and ourselves. And, from the detritus of our lives, she gives us something at once delightfully entertaining and profound.