Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Free Audiobook Download by Sarah Smarsh

Heartland is a memoir about the author's childhood and life in America. The author tells of his time working on a family farm after her mother loses her job, but also discusses how he felt when he moved to the city with his mother and father. He talks about feeling uninspired while they worked long hours just to pay rent, but also of how hard it was for him to leave the people who have been there for him through everything.

The year was 2008. I had been laid off by a steel company and was just starting my first semester at the University of Missouri. I wasn't sure what my major would be or what I would do after college, but I knew I wanted to write. The problem is that college is expensive and tuition costs keep rising, so it seemed like there was no way that I could pay for even one full semester's worth of school without working other jobs as well.

Sarah Smarsh, a young Texan woman, traveled for three years to find work. She then writes about the stories of working in agriculture or in the oil industry during a time when these jobs were common in rural America. During her journey, she also learned about the plight of receiving less than minimum wage and how it can impact a family's bottom line.

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth is a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth. Sarah Smarsh began her memoir as a student in college with an aspiration to make a name for herself as a journalist. This ambition would be met when she was accepted into the Oklahoma City Press Club and she could finally hone her craft and write columns for The Daily Oklahoman. However, after years of work, Sarah was faced with eviction notices from her landlords and no journalistic opportunities.

Heartland is a memoir from Sarah Smarsh about her experience as an American living in the poorest country on Earth. On day one of her assignment, workers for the Mexican government showed up and told her she was going to be working for a dollar a day. She had no skills, or money, so she went to work in a factory with people from all over the world. Her problems only seem to increase when they start producing their own clothes at the factory and won't let her take anything out of it.

Sarah Smarsh is a native-born Kansas and Oklahoma law student who tells the story of her working-class family in Heartland. She left home at a young age to study for college, but then she dropped out as well. After working a number of jobs, Sarah returned to school and obtained her law degree. As she begins practicing law, she realizes how much work it requires. Her frustrations only increase when her first case involves a lawsuit against the poultry industry by an elderly client who was denied his Social Security Disability benefits after contracting salmonella from contaminated eggs while working with chickens on the job.