When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother herself. Her early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak until, exhausted and desperate, she fled with her three children to Delhi, to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest homes. Expected to serve her employers' every demand, she faced a staggering workload that ...

A Life Less Ordinary adalah otobiografi seorang perempuan muda yang menjalani kehidupan sebagai pembantu rumah tangga di Gurgaon. Kehidupan Baby Halder sulit disebut ‘biasa’ mengingat kerasnya hidup yang dia hadapi sejak kecil. Keluarganya yang berantakan, pernikahan di usia teramat dini, perlakuan keras dari sang suami setiap harinya. Baby akhirnya mengambil keputusan besar: keluar dari semuanya dan mulai menata sendiri kehidupan yang layak baginya dan anak-anaknya. A Life Less Ordinary ini ...