Synopsis
'Succeeds brilliantly in dismantling casual assumptions about the drudgery of cleaning – and about the kinds of people who do it for a living.' – THE GUARDIAN
'A jaw-dropping investigation' – THE BOOKSELLER
'A great book, well researched, funny and poignant. I loved it.' – KIT DE WAAL
Dishing the Dirt tells the jaw-dropping stories of London’s house cleaners for the very first time.
We hear from immigrants who clean suburban family homes to butlers who manage the homes of the super wealthy, and from joyful cleaners and entrepreneurs to escaped victims of human trafficking.
Then there are women who dust nude and male cleaners who have to fight off wandering hands. And the crime scene cleaners.
With the revelation of Maid by Stephanie Land and the cleaning tips of Mrs Hinch's Hinch Yourself Happy, Dishing the Dirt will turn all of your assumptions about cleaners upside down.
Table of Contents
Contents
Prologue: Clocking On
One: The Entrepreneur
Two: The Actress
Three: Slave Labour
Four: Midlife Crisis
Five: The Trade Unionist
Six: The Lesser-Spotted Male
Seven: The Cleaner Who Returned Home
Eight: The Crime Scene Cleaners
Nine: Cleaning for the Super-Rich
Ten: The Naked Cleaner
Eleven: Cleaning in Japanese
Twelve: The Modern Butler
Thirteen: The Listener
Fourteen: The Gay Cleaner
Epilogue: Clocking Off
Afterword
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About the Author
Nick Duerden is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the i paper, and GQ. His books include Exit Stage Left, Get Well Soon: Adventures in Alternative Healthcare, A Life Less Lonely, and The Smallest Things. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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