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Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth /

Smarsh, Sarah,

Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth / Sarah Smarsh. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - ix, 290 pages ; 22 cm

During Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the '80s and '90s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, this is an uncompromising look at class, identity, and the particular perils of having less in a country known for its excess.

ISBN: 1501133098 9781501133091

LCCN: 2017301189

Subjects--Personal Names:
Smarsh, Sarah.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poor--Kansas--Biography.
Working poor--Kansas--Biography.
Farmers--Kansas--Biography.
Farmers--Economic conditions.--Kansas
Farm life--Kansas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kansas--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Nonfiction.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: HD8073.S637 / A3 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 978.1/843 B