4 Midwestern memoirs

We asked our guest, Nicole Helget, for book recommendations. Here are four memoirs that she thinks you should read:

"We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down" by Rachel Hanel

"Packinghouse Daughter" by Cheri Register

"The Witness of Combines" by Kent Meyers

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"I’m Sorry You Feel that Way" by Diana Joseph

Plus, a Midwestern history:

"Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota" by Gwen Westerman and Bruce White

And some fiction:

"Lord Grizzly" by Fred Manfred

"It Takes You Over" by Nick Healy

"The Night Birds" by Thomas Maltman