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Heartland By Sarah Smarsh Summary
Courteney Ross’s testimony showed how police departments fail in their duty to protect those who battle addiction Last modified on Mon 5 Apr 2021 13.03 EDT Of all the accounts of George Floyd. Sarah Smarsh was born a fifth-generation Kansas farm girl, the child of a carpenter and a teen mom. Through intimate family stories and deeply researched cultural analysis, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth reveals today’s socioeconomic divide.