Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's Life

The hilarious, uncompromising novel about African American domestic workers by a trailblazer in Black women’s literature—now featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay

“If you love The Help . . . check out Alice Childress’ 1956 novel, Like One of the Family.” —Entertainment Weekly

First published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in...