Nonfiction Book Club: Nomadland by Jessica Bruder

SEEKONK, MA – Join us for a lively discussion of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm. The discussion will take place at the picnic table behind the library, or feel free to bring your own chair. In case of rain, the meeting will take place in the large meeting room, with socially distanced seating. The title is available digitally through Overdrive, or you may pick up a print copy at the library.

"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’. Bruder tells an eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy -- foreshadowing the precarious future that awaits many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive." – from publisher.