This is yet another great read I “discovered” via ANUW, the Association of Northwestern University Women book club that I am a member of, by way of my employment at Northwestern University. I was a little leery, as last year the book club selections were pretty heavy to include J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. At first thought, his book has many parallels to hers, so I wasn’t that interested in reading more of the same. Vance of Elegy grew up in rural Appalachia and details the […]
Heartland – Heartbreaking and thoughtful in America’s Heartland
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh