Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures

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Summary: A wry, whimsical look at the housecleaner's life
Review: This book made me laugh out loud more than once. Ms. Rafkin has a mordant sense of humor but she's also getting at sticky issues of class. Makes you look hard at your attitudes toward hired help. We want to think they're anonymous robots, wiping up our pubic hair and drain scum without glancing at our private artifacts or making judgments about our lifestyle. Other People's Dirt punctures that bubble. I welcomed the chance to travel through the world of those who clean up after our messes. Several of my friends have even used this as a how-to book: taking notes from Ms. Rafkin about how to be more respectful/aware of their housecleaner's difficult work. Read it and chuckle.