Cohen, Stefanie (January 12, 2019). "Maid's Tell-All Reveals Dirty Secrets of America's Middle Class". The New York Post . Retrieved February 16, 2019. Honestly, it took me awhile to get into this book. I thought it was going to be the cliché maid falls for the lord of the manor and they have a torrid, steamy affair troupe. And it felt very much like that for the first half of the book. Ghost is another word for maid. No matter how close you believe you are to your family, one day you will mean nothing to them.

She's applied for the of housekeeper and to her delight she is hired. The job comes with a great pay, a room of her own, and in a stunning stately home owned by the Howard family.

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Combined Print & E-Book Fiction". The New York Times. 2022-01-23. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07 . Retrieved 2023-08-30. After being abandoned as a child by her mother, Ruby (the author doesn’t mention her name much and I really needed to know) decides to interview for a job as a housemaid at the last place her mother worked. Land, Stephanie. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive (2019) . Hachette Books. ISBN 0316505110 Khosla, Proma (August 8, 2022). "How 'Maid' Set a Record That Didn't Have Anything to Do with Netflix Numbers". IndieWire . Retrieved September 6, 2022.In 2021, a film adaptation of the novel was announced, with Florence Pugh cast in the lead role. [1] Plot [ edit ] Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards!". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09 . Retrieved 2023-08-30. See...this whole diorama thing was kind of like that CSI Miniature Killer story line, only toothless and kind of useless. Even the teeny explanation behind it all in the end didn't really make sense to me. I mean...why even do that? Ruby finds out so much more than she was looking for! As the reader, I kept looking left when I should’ve been looking right.

Weinman, Sarah (2021-12-23). "She Thought Her Brother-in-Law Was a Killer. No One Believed Her". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-02-17 . Retrieved 2023-08-30. Author of Best-Selling Maid Takes on College in Class". ABC Go. October 28, 2020 . Retrieved September 14, 2022.Molly is considered odd by her co-workers, who don't share her enthusiasm for their work. Her closest friend, her grandmother, has passed away, leaving her feeling alone. Molly is also easily deceived by cunning individuals. The setting is Highwood Hall, a Downtown Abbey-like household in modern England. A young housemaid is starting her new job there and on the down-low, trying to find out what happened to her mother after she disappeared while working at the very same house 20 years ago. Land, Stephanie (November 7, 2020). " Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Return of Empathy When America Needs It Most". Time. Mrs. Huxley who has been working there for the past twenty three years has been guiding all the workers but something is there about her which is quite unsettling for Howard.