Broken Country

AI Rating: 2/10 - "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall is a memoir-style exploration of rural American life, family struggles, and cultural divides in declining heartland communities. It prioritizes personal storytelling, economic hardship, and place-based identity over progressive agendas. Minimal identity politics; occasional nods to social issues like opioid crisis feel organic, not didactic. No heavy diversity quotas or social justice lectures—focuses on universal human experiences in "broken" traditional settings. Light woke elements at most.