housemaid
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Those sales were fuelled by the success of The Housemaid, which was first published in 2022 and was turned into a film last year starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In fourth place at $10.2 million was "The Housemaid," an adaptation of Freida McFadden's best-selling novel about a young woman who is hired by a wealthy couple with dark secrets.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
It's called "The Housemaid," and it's been on the New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half.
From Salon • May 1, 2025
The Housemaid, Im Sang-soo, South Korea Many films in the competition are made by directors who are so knowledgeable about cinematic history that they refuse to traffic in its narrative seductions.
From Time • May 22, 2010
Housemaid, nurse, mother, confederate, counselor, chef—what ten thousand things was Madame Manec to Etienne?
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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