Publisher Annotaiton: From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid. Center Point large print edition series, 500pp.

From the MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host comes a candid and inspiring memoir of one woman's confrontation with the unique professional and personal challenges she faced during the key moments in her life as a working mother and professional television journalist.

The former star of MTV's "Teen Mom" shares her experiences from the show, her resulting downward spiral into drug addiction that led her to prison, and how she found the strength to change her life.

Updates the author's story of her efforts to regain custody of her daughter from her Iranian husband and recounts the experiences of other parents in similar situations as they battle deception and bureaucracy in international cases of parental kidnapping.

"When Nefertiti Austin, a single African-American woman, decided to adopt two black children through the foster system, she was unprepared for the fact that there is no place for black women in the 'mommy wars.' Austin set off on her path with no place to seek guidance from others who looked like her or shared her experience. She soon realized that she would not only have to navigate skepticism from the adoption community, who deal almost exclusively...

"Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement, but few know that it was his mother who was the catalyst for bringing his name to the forefront of history. In Choosing Brave, Angela Joy and Janelle Washington offer a testament to the power of love, the bond of motherhood, and one woman's unwavering advocacy...

When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations....