Julia Spiro lives year-round on Martha’s Vineyard, where she enjoys fishing, clamming, scalloping, and anything on the beach. She also teaches spin classes in
Edgartown and considers spinning her second passion. She previously worked in the film industry and lived in Los Angeles. She graduated from Harvard College.
Spiro's new novel is
Someone Else’s Secret.
[
Q&A with Julia Spiro;
The Page 69 Test: Someone Else's Secret.]
At CrimeReads she tagged
seven books told from the perspective of domestic workers, including:
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Set in Nigeria, this powerful book follows fourteen year-old Adunni, who runs away to the city in order to escape an arranged marriage to an older man. She winds up working as a maid for a wealthy couple, but her troubles multiply when the couple quickly becomes abusive. All Adunni wants is access to education. Through her own strength and determination, she finds a way to claw herself out of enslavement. This story will leave you sobbing and cheering at the same time.
Read about
another entry on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
Edgartown and considers spinning her second passion. She previously worked in the film industry and lived in Los Angeles. She graduated from Harvard College. 
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