1.
Heartland :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
441 pages (large print} ; 23 cm
Production / Publication Information
Waterville : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company , 2018.
Summary
"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 place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths about people thought to be less because they earn less. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities, and she explores this idea as lived experience, metaphor, and level of consciousness. Smarsh was born a fifth generation Kansas wheat farmer on her paternal side and the product of generations of teen mothers on her maternal side. Through her experiences growing up as the daughter of a dissatisfied young mother and raised predominantly by her grandmother on a farm thirty miles west of Wichita, we are given a unique and essential look into the lives of poor and working class Americans living in the heartland. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, Heartland is an uncompromising look at class, identity, and the particular perils of having less in a country known for its excess. "--
Call Number
LP B SMARSH
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781432859565
2.
Heartland :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
ix, 290 pages ; 22 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Scribner, 2018.
Summary
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.
Call Number
BIOGRAPHY SMARSH, SA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781501133091 9781501133107
3.
Heartland
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
8 audio discs (approximately 9.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Audioworks, imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio, [2018]
Summary
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.
Call Number
CD BIOGRAPHY SMARSH, SA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781508267409
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