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    The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
    The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
    The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
    Audiobook6 hours

    The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America

    Written by Sarah Kendzior

    Narrated by Sarah Kendzior

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    NEW YORK TIMES and MIBA BESTSELLER

    From the St. Louis–based journalist often credited with first predicting Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

    "A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the inability of many to empathize and to humanize." — Kirkus

    In 2015, Sarah Kendzior collected the essays she reported for Al Jazeera and published them as The View from Flyover Country, which became an ebook bestseller and garnered praise from readers around the world. Now, The View from Flyover Country is being released in print with an updated introduction and epilogue that reflect on the ways that the Trump presidency was the certain result of the realities first captured in Kendzior’s essays.

    A clear-eyed account of the realities of life in America’s overlooked heartland, The View from Flyover Country is a piercing critique of the labor exploitation, race relations, gentrification, media bias, and other aspects of the post-employment economy that gave rise to a president who rules like an autocrat. The View from Flyover Country is necessary reading for anyone who believes that the only way for America to fix its problems is to first discuss them with honesty and compassion.

    “Please put everything aside and try to get ahold of Sarah Kendzior’s collected essays, The View from Flyover Country. I have rarely come across writing that is as urgent and beautifully expressed. What makes Kendzior’s writing so truly important is [that] it . . . documents where the problem lies, by somebody who lives there.”—The Wire

    “Sarah Kendzior is as harsh and tenacious a critic of the Trump administration as you’ll find. She isn’t some new kid on the political block or a controversy machine. . . .Rather she is a widely published journalist and anthropologist who has spent much of her life studying authoritarianism.” —Columbia Tribune

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateApr 24, 2018
    ISBN9781427299789
    Author

    Sarah Kendzior

    Sarah Kendzior is the bestselling author of The View from Flyover Country, Hiding in Plain Sight, and They Knew. She lives with her husband and children in St. Louis, Missouri.

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    Readers find this title to be a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of inequality in America and around the world. The book offers insightful perspectives and a new understanding of the challenges faced by different communities. Sarah Kendzior's narration is praised for its impact. Overall, this book is considered astounding and important, making it a must-read for those seeking a fresh perspective on social issues.

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    • 5/5
      Astounding and important. Sarah Kendzior is a writer to follow.
    • 3/5
      Depressing. Very sad depiction of inequality here in America and around the world.
    • 5/5
      Very telling with many poignant perspectives on how Americans’ discontent dovetails with others’.
    • 5/5
      What can I say? It feels dissonant to be giving 5 stars to one of the most shocking works I've experienced in recent memory, but Kendzior deserves this praise and then some, not just for her work but for her narration as well.
    • 4/5
      insightful and thought provoking.
      gives new perspective to coast dwellers.