Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

Now collected for the first time in one volume, the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on socioecono…

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