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

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

Sarah Smarsh

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nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced

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An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's...

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reflective 79%
informative 70%
emotional 58%
challenging 37%
sad 30%
hopeful 22%
inspiring 15%
dark 9%
funny 9%
tense 5%
adventurous 2%

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slow 35%
fast 5%

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