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Why My Family Reads Books with Working Class Characters

August 22, 2018August 21, 2018 Heather Walker Peterson

I’m driving down Lexington to drop off my daughter at her morning park and recreation camp. We pass over the railroad, and for the first time she notices the mobile homes to the right. It’s a “trailer court,” I tell her, and then I search for its synonyms: “trailer park…mobile home park.” “What’s it like […]

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