Reading With Libraries Podcast

Welcome to Reading With Libraries! Check out our , for all the links to the books we have to share. We are taking a small detour from our usual book group structure to look at some of the pop culture going on around us. And of course: we share related books! As we always do: grab your book, grab a beverage, and maybe get your streaming subscription warmed up because you are going to want to see this! Today we are chatting about the new movie coming out tomorrow: Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand. In this movie “After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.”  This movie is based on the book , by Jessica Bruder. “From the beet fields of North Dakota to the 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 adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of tho