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REVIEWS: Heartland
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NY Times
Kirkus
GoodReads
Book Companion
Named a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Post,
Buzzfeed, Shelf Awareness, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly. An
essential read for our times: an eye-opening memoir of
working-class poverty in America that will deepen our
understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country.
Sarah Smarsh was born a fifth generation Kansas wheat farmer on
her paternal side, and the product of generations of teen
mothers on her maternal side. Through her experiences growing up
on a farm thirty miles west of Wichita, we are given a unique
and essential look into the lives of poor and working class
Americans living in the heartland. A beautifully written memoir
that combines personal narrative with powerful analysis and
cultural commentary, Heartland examines the myths about people
thought to be less because they earn less.
Characters: 71. Amazon rating: 4 stars.< Genre:
Memoir/Non-Fiction.
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