Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
by Rafkin, Louise
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1565121627
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121621
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008939
- Title
- Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
- Author
- Rafkin, Louise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1565121627
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121621
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- House Cleaning
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