Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth
by Smarsh, Sarah (Author)
Summary
"During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, 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 examine the class divide in our... Full description
- 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.