"Au pairs have traditionally been thought of as middle-class young women from Northern Europe, who are having a fun gap year in a foreign country. This collection, the first dedicated to examining the lives of au pairs, reveals that this is far from the whole story. Au pairing i…
Twee beste vriendinnen werken na hun middelbare school de zomer van 1979 als au pair in Italië, waar de zaken niet lopen zoals ze gehoopt hadden.
Roman om en ung kvindes søgen efter sandheden om sin mors fortid i Italien. - Liddy og Helena arbejder som au pair på øen Ischia i sommeren 1979. Men i stedet for at more sig og passe børn, bliver ét af børnene kidnappet, og pigerne oplever andre farlige ting. Venskabet rinder u…
A detailed examination into the lives of au pairs and the families who host them in contemporary Britain, exploring the increased reliance on an exploited workforce under austerity and the position of women within the neoliberal economy.