4 Midwestern memoirs
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We asked our guest, Nicole Helget, for book recommendations. Here are four memoirs that she thinks you should read:
"We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down" by Rachel Hanel
"Packinghouse Daughter" by Cheri Register
"The Witness of Combines" by Kent Meyers
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"I’m Sorry You Feel that Way" by Diana Joseph
Plus, a Midwestern history:
"Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota" by Gwen Westerman and Bruce White
And some fiction:
"Lord Grizzly" by Fred Manfred
"It Takes You Over" by Nick Healy
"The Night Birds" by Thomas Maltman