She has a bestseller and hit Netflix series. But Stephanie Land’s ‘Maid’ isn’t just about being a ‘palatable poor person’

Life has scaled up for Stephanie Land since the Netflix series inspired by her unsparing 2019 memoir, “Maid,” premiered in October, but it also has delivered unusual challenges. I needed some kind of physical, legal document saying, ‘See, this is something that you have done.’” In advance of her Jan. 25 L.A. Times Book Club conversation, Land discussed the reactions to the Netflix series, which was nominated for three Golden Globes and a SAG award for Qualley; the lasting trauma of poverty; and her next book project. Stephanie Land’s memoir, “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” is the January selection of the L.A. Times Book Club. I’m writing a book called “Class,” about higher education and all the barriers low-income people face in that system. Book Club: Stephanie Land What: Stephanie Land discusses “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive” with Times reporter Paloma Esquivel at the L.A. Times Book Club.