Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Author: Smarsh, SarahEdition: 1st EditionFeatures: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Hardcover – September 18, 2018 by Sarah Smarsh (Author)Number Of Pages: 304Details: *Finalist for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize* *Instant New York Times Bestseller* * 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. During Sarah’s turbulent childhood in Kans