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Out on 21 January 2027

Clean Houses

Paperback

Synopsis

Told with razor-sharp wit and an unfiltered, hypnotic voice, Clean Houses follows Sol. She is a progressive young woman obsessed with cleanliness who, upon becoming pregnant, hires two housekeepers to help her at home. Although having cleaners should, in theory, make Sol's life easier, it instead becomes a source of inner turmoil: she needs them, yet she wishes they didn't exist. Morally compelled to justify her privilege, she searches for a more 'respectable' and creative job - one just as precarious as those of her girls. However, in a twist of irony, she finds herself secretly enjoying the cleaning jobs she takes on the side - and excelling at them . . .

A brilliantly outrageous take on the contradictions of modern feminism, class awareness and the social choreography of domestic labour.

Details

21 January 2027
304 pages
9781786587107
Imprint: Manilla Press

Reviews

Reflects on what we truly think (but almost never say) about domestic labourVogue, Vogue
Makes you laugh and feel uncomfortable in equal measureTelva, Telva
Peers into what almost no one wants to see, portraying with perverse humour what nobody wants to doEl Periódico, El Periódico
Portrays, with corrosive humour and sharp social critique, the invisible work of those who clean and care in our homesInformativos TVE, Informativos TVE