Speaking the Language by
Olivia Blackwell was a high-powered attorney until about a year ago, when she was fired. At about the same time, she also lost all her financial assets in a Madoff-type scam. Now she’s living in a tenement building and secretly working as a housekeeper while she tries to find another job as an attorney. She leads a double life; nobody in her family or professional circle knows about her living conditions. All...
Olivia Blackwell was a high-powered attorney until about a year ago, when she was fired. At about the same time, she also lost all her financial assets in a Madoff-type scam. Now she’s living in a tenement building and secretly working as a housekeeper while she tries to find another job as an attorney. She leads a double life; nobody in her family or professional circle knows about her living conditions. All the while, she despises the people and circumstances associated with life among the bottom 1%.
“Speaking the Language” is about the day that forces her to change the way she looks at people, her current circumstances and at her purpose in life.
“Speaking the Language” is about the day that forces her to change the way she looks at people, her current circumstances and at her purpose in life.