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Part I (Pages 1 - 57)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Smarsh, Sarah. Heartland. Scribner, New York, 2018.

• This book is written from the first person perspective, and largely in the past tense.

• The section titled Dear August begins with Sarah Smarsh writing about hearing a voice in her head, in the form of a baby she either would or would not have.

• Smarsh writes that Americans did not talk about class much when she was growing up, but she did know that some opportunities were not available to her as a poor woman.

• Chances were that Smarsh would grow up to stay in the hard life into which she was born - a life of poverty and limited opportunities.

• Smarsh wanted this book to be about what it was like to grow up poor in a rich country that was founded on...

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