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For fans of The Help and The Invention of Wings, a searing and sweeping debut novel that gives a new and unforgettable perspective on modern-day domestic workers. Set in the blistering heat of Singapore, The Maid's Room follows the lives of two Filipina maids - sisters Dolly and Tala - who are working hard to send money back home and British expat Jules, who has left her job as a midwife to move to Singapore with husband David.

When two strangers, Tess and Annie, undergo IVF at an American clinic, their embryos are mixed up, and each woman gives birth to the wrong child. The women only discover the devastating error three years later. Tess wants to swap the children back; Annie doesn't. As the pair wrangle, neither of them expects what unfolds. Two women. Two children. One thought-provoking novel.

"Pigekammeret" er en uforglemmelig og hjerteknugende fortælling om vor tids tjenestepiger, om stærkt søsterskab og uventet venskab - og om at turde kæmpe for det, man ønsker sig og tror på. Søstrene Dolly og Tala er langt væk hjemmefra. I Singapores brændende hede må de slide fra morgen til aften for rige familier fra Vesten for at kunne sende penge hjem til deres egne familier i Filippinerne. Dolly må leve med savnet af sin lille datter, Mallie, men det er Dolly en trøst, at den løn, hun tjener som tjenestepige, vil sikre Mallie uddannelse og et bedre liv end det, hun selv har haft.