Join author Lois Volta as she reads from her book Confessions of a Cleaning Lady!
About the Book
I first met Lois in the pages of a story profiling her cleaning company, where she made quite the impression talking about domestic feminism. To her, a home isn’t just a place you live — it’s a reflection of the way we move through the world. Now, in her own book, she delves further. Illuminating how societal patterns and world issues are mirrored in the way we approach the small stuff, like doing the dishes or wiping down the bathroom sink. Discussing how the fabric of our relationships can be frayed or repaired with the housework we choose or refuse to do. Surmising that, similar to the way a butterfly can create a storm by flapping its wings, to practice feminism in the home is to take part in a community-quaking act of political resistance. Through Lois’s eyes, you are on your way to changing the world just by clearing your own clutter off the dining room table.
— Alexandra Jones, editor
About the Author
When I first started my cleaning business as a single mother and from humble beginnings, I used my experience of being a previous stay-at-home-mom to take care of people’s homes. What started as a small, one-woman operation turned into a full-blown, eco-friendly, in-house-made cleaning products line, complete home organization and boutique deep cleaning company, and a 15 woman strong operation.
The most important thing that I have learned through my decade of working in domestics is that we are not alone. Everyone struggles with mess, from clutter in the house to complicated emotional knots. Some messes seem too difficult to clean up, and some knots feel too hard to untangle, but now I know this to be true: we just need help sometimes. I know this because of the support I have received from the people in my life who have walked with me me on this journey to build this very business. That includes every one of my first cleaning clients, all the way to you.