Love Medicine

Books that open doors and windows into worlds that aren't your own are the reason for reading.

One thing that struck me so hard in reading this book about lives of an extended family/neighborhood of Native Americans was how many similarities it shares with the lives of poor rural Southerners. The details differ, obviously, but the overall sense of frustration with society, distrust of the government, making do with whatever you can obtain, and the ever-present temptation of alcohol and drugs, are heartbreakingly familiar.

Class is the great divide in the U.S., and the only people who don't want to admit it are the ones clinging to the top of the sub-billionaire class. The true billionaires don't care.