Book · 2015 · Women household employees
The Hired Girl
- mentions
- 1
- person
- 1
- podcast
- 1
- episode
- 1
- recommendation
- 1
Well I loved the hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz another multiple Award winner um and this is a book set in 1911 about a girl who comes from an isolated Farm environment in Pennsylvania who was raised Catholic.
Why people recommend it
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz is a historical young adult novel set in 1911 that follows a fourteen-year-old girl escaping her isolated and oppressive farm life in Pennsylvania to work as a domestic servant in Baltimore. On The Book Review podcast episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: Putin’s Reign, which aired on July 18, 2024, Maria Russo enthusiastically recommended the novel during a discussion highlighting standout children and young adult literature. Russo praised the work as a multiple award-winning book, expressing her personal admiration for the story and its protagonist. She drew attention to the rich historical setting, explaining that the narrative centers on a young girl raised in a strict Catholic environment on an isolated farm who ventures out into a much wider, more complex urban world. Russo's recommendation underscored the emotional depth and historical texture of Schlitz's writing, presenting the novel as a compelling coming-of-age journey that resonates with readers of all ages through its vivid character development, exploration of faith and independence, and authentic depiction of early twentieth-century American life and domestic labor.
Every mention
Maria Russo well I loved the hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz another multiple Award winner um and this is a book set in… 1
“well I loved the hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz another multiple Award winner um and this is a book set in 1911 about a girl who comes from an isolated Farm environment in Pennsylvania who was raised Catholic”