Popular Netflix Series Maid is Based on the True Story of Author Stephanie Land

The popular Netflix series Maid is based on the true story of author Stephanie Land, who wrote the memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. Created by Molly Smith Metzler, who is known for Shameless and Orange Is the New Black, was inspired by Land's memoir about being a young mother who escapes an abusive relationship with only a couple of hundred dollars to her name. She simply couldn't find work in America's depressed economy, and because she couldn't find work, a grant for childcare was also not available to a survivor of domestic abuse. Released in 2019, Land's memoir is the basis for the critically-acclaimed Netflix miniseries Maid, starring Margaret Qualley as the struggling mother who is running away from her abusive boyfriend.