by Sarah Smarsh
Title: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Author: Sarah Smarsh Publish Date: September 18, 2018 Publisher: Scribner Format: Kindle Page Count: 288 pages Source: Library Date Read: May 13-14, 2020 Review I think this book was much better representati...
This book is poverty memoir, family saga and nonfiction piece rolled into one. The family memoir is interesting and enjoyable. The nonfiction aspect, though, is hamstrung by the author’s refusal to cite her sources. And the whole book is jumbled together, jumping from one topic to the next without t...
I could identify with Sarah's emotions as she talks about growing up even though I grew up in the city while she was in farm country and there is over 30 years between us. She had a hard life but survived and succeeded by choosing not to follow her family's cycle. She is between two worlds but can...
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