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Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth

text Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth

Summary
During Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the '80s and '90s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact... Read more
Contents

Dear August -- A penny in a purse -- The body of a poor girl -- A stretch of gravel with wheat on either side -- The shame a country could assign -- A house that needs shingles -- A working-class woman -- The place I was from.

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Description
ix, 290 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher
Scribner 2018

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 SMARSH, SARAH SMA in Adult Non-fiction Available
Peninsula Community Library B SMARSH SMA in Adult Reshelving

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