Pop Culture with Books!
Welcome to Reading With Libraries!
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 Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, 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 thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads.”
Books on socioeconomic issues and/or retirement
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Stephanie Land
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J. D. Vance
- Nickel And Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Barbara Ehrenreich
- How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won’t Get from Your Financial Advisor, by Ernie J. Zelinski
- Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together, by Erin Lowry
- Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, Linda Tirado
- How to live in a van and travel: Live everywhere, be free and have adventures on a campervan or motorhome – your home on wheels, by Mike Hudson
- When We’re 64: Your Guide to a Great Later Life, Louise Ansari
- The Safety Net: Surviving Pandemics and Other Disasters, by David Eagleman
- Working in the Gig Economy: How to Thrive and Succeed When You Choose to Work for Yourself, by Thomas Oppong
- The 5 Years Before You Retire: Retirement Planning When You Need It the Most, by Emily Guy Birken