The Maid's Room: 'A modern-day The Help' - Emerald Street Paperback
By Fiona Mitchell

I lovedand The Maid's Roomand with itsand exquisite writing, married with aand shocking and powerful story lineand that had meand gripped and moved until the uplifting conclusion.' Katie Marsh, author ofand A Life Without Youand andand This Beautiful Life'Aand beautifully written and deeply movingand novel . . . crafted with a mixture of grim detail, dark humour and poignancy, at times it's hard to believe that this book is a work of fiction.and Genuinely excellent. *****'and Heat***********'This is where she sleeps. A cupboard. A bedroom. A windowless box.'Sisters Dolly and Tala have never felt further from home. In the blistering heat of Singapore, they spend their days enabling ex-pats to have lives they could never afford for themselves.Even though she has little freedom, Dolly can just about live with her job if it means she's able to support her beloved young daughter back in the Philippines. One day - if she's lucky - Dolly may even be able to go back and see her.Tala, however, just can't keep her mouth shut about the restrictive, archaic rules maids are forced to abide by on pain of deportation. She risks everything to help her fellow maids, who have struggled to have their voices heard for far too long.In a world where domestic workers are treated so poorly,and The Maid's Roomand explores how women can come together to change each other's lives, and be the architects of their own futures.