Description: "First edition published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., copyright 1972."
Review Quotes:
"I was fortunate to read Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off when it was first published and to know its author, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, well. The book impressed me mightily then. Now, almost half a century later, it remains an amazing work. Humorous and heartbreaking in equal measure, this is Smart-Grosvenor at her tale-telling best, and her voice resonates as though the reader is sitting down with her. It is also an eye-opener, combining history, personal recounting, poetry, and more. After reading it, you'll never think about domestic work the same way again."--Jessica B. Harris, author of My Soul Looks Black: A Memoir
"Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off is an unforgettable volume that chronicles the experiences of black women domestic workers 'in service' to white employers. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor's masterful storytelling weaves interviews, poetry, history, news reports, bits of memoir, and humor together with critical observations about the nature of everyday racism."--Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination
"Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was the ultimate storyteller."--Premilla Nadasen, from the Foreword