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

304 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced

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Born a fifth-generation Kansas wheat farmer on her paternal side and the product of generations of teenage mothers on her maternal side, Smarsh grew up in a family of labourers trapped in a cycle of poverty. She learned about hard work, and also a...

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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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