This month, we will be reading Nomadland, by Jessica Bruder.
The Contra Costa Library shares this excerpt from the jacket flap:
"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately."
We will be meeting on Friday, July 28th, same time, same place. Fran will lead our discussion, and Mae will bring book selections for the next month. See you there!!
