Tuesday, August 23, 2022: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST)

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Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue to explore income inequality in America by reading Heartland, A Memoir of Working Hard & Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh. Smarsh, a writing professor and journalist, tells the story of her family’s cycle of poverty that constrained them for generations. She was born into a family of working class farmers in Kansas. Her mother was a teenage mother, and the women in her family were all young mothers hardened and aged early from the work it took to survive day-to-day. Smarsh writes with love and care about these women and the men who married them, but also lays bare their hardships and the shame of being poor. Part memoir, part social analysis, part cultural commentary, Heartland is an uncompromising look at class, identity and the perils of economic hardship in a wealthy nation.

About the book:

• Finalist for 2018 National Book Award
• Finalist for 2018 Kirkus Prize
• Named a Best Book for the Year by NPR, New York Post, BuzzFeed and Publishers Weekly

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE. This discussion will be hosted via Zoom. Zoom information and link will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.