Disclosure: We knew Stephanie Land when she was a child living in Skagit County with her family. Her first book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, has been the subject of discussion locally, as anyone who has read it will understand. Her family attended our church in the early 1980s until they moved to Alaska. My wife, Debbie, is identified in the book as the RN who recalled Stephanie and was kind to her at a medical clinic.
It was challenging to read her book, realizing we did not know the hardships Stephanie experienced in the years she lived in and around Skagit County. I believe her book is highly acclaimed because she conveys raw emotions about a difficult life where no good deed goes unpunished.