Heartland
A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Recommended by Caitlin Moran, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #59 in Poverty
During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country’s changing economic policies solidified her family’s place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths about people thought to be less because they earn less. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities, and she explores this... more
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