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Heartland: A Memoir Of Working Hard And Being Broke In The Richest Country On Earth

by Sarah Smarsh

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Heartland: A Memoir Of Working Hard And Being Broke In The Richest Country On Earth by Sarah Smarsh appears in NPR’s 2018 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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