![]() And while all poverty is bad, each type of poverty has its unique challenges. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES is set in a small, Midwestern town that is ravished by poverty and in my mind’s eye I could picture the very places around this small town that I thought Mindy might be talking about. ![]() So while there were many aspects about Mindy McGinnis’ THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES that stood out to me, one that stood out most vividly is the depiction of rural poverty. It was also, at the time, the county with the highest poverty rate in all of Ohio. This town was my home, the place where my children were born. ![]() Shortly after moving to Texas, I learned that author Mindy McGinnis lived just 10 minutes from the very library I had spent the last 10 years working at in the state of Ohio. ![]() Sometimes, it is indeed a small world after all. ![]()
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