‘Want’ Captures The Precariousness Of America’s Middle Class

Want, by Lynn Steger Strong

The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong’s novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.

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The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong’s novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.