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I bought this book knowing nothing about it and I was so pleasantly surprised by it! It was one of the best books I read all year. I found it a cross between the fun, intimate first person story telling of a book like "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and a lovely, historical book like "Anne of Green Gables." I would especially recommend this book for young women, but as an adult it completely held my attention. The narrator had my complete empathy. She was a credible, relatable narrator. I'm excited to read more from this author.


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The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz 9780763678180 Books Reviews

I started this book expecting to take awhile to read it. However, I couldn't put it down! Loved the sentiment. I couldn't help but have strong feelings for the main character--Joan / Janet--who was neglected and abused as a young woman. She escapes her terrible life on the farm in Pennsylvania at the young age of 14 and gets employment as a "hired girl" for a prominent Jewish family in Baltimore. There are lots of situations she gets into as she lives with this family and lets herself become more involved in their lives every day! I was expecting one ending for this story .... and yet, got a different one. Loved it! This is a Beehive award winning book for young adults, but certainly can be enjoyed by adults as well. I highly recommend it.
Tired of being overworked and mistreated by her father, 14-year-old Joan runs away from the family farm and heads off to Baltimore.

Once there, alone and confused, Joan manages to land herself a hired girl position with a wealthy Jewish family. She details her experiences, both with her work and the assorted household members, as well as general details about life in 1911 from the perspective of a young woman in a diary.

As Joan is taking catechism classes to become an official Catholic, while working hard to understand the intricate details of an orthodox Jewish household, there is also a great deal of thought and discussion about religion. Schlitz addresses the subject with intelligence and compassion, in a way that both complex yet easily understood by adolescent readers.

A sequel about the next phase of Joan's life (not mentioned here specifically so as not to spoil the book's ending) would definitely be a welcome addition!
I loved "The Hired Girl." The story starts off strong, the middle sags a bit and the ending does not disappoint. The writing, the characters and the dialogue were superb throughout the novel. Written in diary form, Jan Skraggs, a fourteen year old with literary aspirations, runs away from her father's farm in Penn. and finds work in Baltimore with a family as a hired girl.
Joan's voice is strong and authentic throughout the novel. The prose at times is lush and quite lyrical. Life in early 1900's Baltimore is replete with details that make this time period come to life. The struggles with identity, religious differences and prejudice, the pain of young love, a class system hard to escape are all interwoven in this novel.
I also loved all the literary allusions to such works as "Jane Eyre" and Charles Dickens appropriate for the time period.
"The Hired Girl" in my opinion, ranks alongside "A Northern Light" by Jennifer Connelly and Carolyn Meyer's "Harvey Girls." Highly recommended!
The Hired Girl was an excellent story about a bright, young girl at the turn of the century. She uses her wits and work ethic to escape from the poverty and neglect she experienced on her father's farm . In the city, she finds work in the household of a wealthy Jewish family. The author wrote realistically about the clash between the girl's Catholic values and the Jewish values of the family for whom she worked. The characters were well-developed, the historical period was well-researched, and the description of chores a hired girl had to do made for a fascinating reading experience.
Readers from middle school to adult would enjoy this very engaging story.
Well written. I felt as though I was living in 1911. I enjoy historical novels about servants and the people they serve, how they interact, the way they become part of the family, although they never really do.

This story surrounds a young Catholic girl working for a Jewish family and their differences, not only in religion but in their stations in life. Although this book was written for teens/young adults, as an older woman, I still found it a good read. I did have to remind myself along the way that the main character, Janet, was only 14 years old and so her immaturity was normal for her age.

I imagine a young adult might enjoy this book more than I did because she would be able tor relate better than I did, but I still found "Hired Girl" worth reading.
My mother and aunt once worked as "hired girls" for wealthy families, some Jewish--this story is a glimpse into what their lives may have been like.
I found the characterizations well differentiated; I had a clear sense from her language and emotions that the heroine was a young person (though pretending to be adult), while her employers spoke, thought and acted their ages.
The portrayal of the Jewish family was sympathetic to the religion and culture, and seemed to avoid stereotype. Being set in 1911, Judaism had not yet experienced the horrors of the holocaust.
Overall, it was a well written, engaging story of a young girl forced to grow up too soon, but who managed to do it well.
I bought this book knowing nothing about it and I was so pleasantly surprised by it! It was one of the best books I read all year. I found it a cross between the fun, intimate first person story telling of a book like "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and a lovely, historical book like "Anne of Green Gables." I would especially recommend this book for young women, but as an adult it completely held my attention. The narrator had my complete empathy. She was a credible, relatable narrator. I'm excited to read more from this author.