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Other People's Dirt
by Rafkin, Louise
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1565121627
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121621
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1565121627 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Minor bruising to top and bottom spine, minor surface rubbing. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .
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
- A Good Read
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11610
- Title
- Other People's Dirt
- Author
- Rafkin, Louise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1565121627
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121621
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 1565121627, HOUSE, CLEANING, WOMEN, UNITED, STATES, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HOME, GENERAL
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