Climbing the stairs

By Margaret Powell

Subjects: Working class women, Biography, Domestics, Upper class, Women, biography, Great britain, biography, Women household employees, Rich people, Household employees, Cooks

Description: The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she meets Albert the milkman. Having spent their whole lives serving others, can they start to figure out what they want for themselves?