poverty

Book Reviews, Opinion, Shauna Rumbaugh

Memoir gives a voice to the working poor in rural America

Sarah Smarsh grew up poor in rural southern Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s. As she shares the history and experiences of her family in “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth,” Smarsh weaves in observations ab... Read More