It now also refers to those who had to give up living in traditional houses and apartments and move to vans, secondhand RV’s, school buses, pickup campers, travel trailers, and plain old sedans, or to, what some call, ‘’wheel estate.’’ Most of them never imagined they would spend the rest of their lives with no permanent place to live. With the new subculture of people who emerged after the 2008 market crash, the word nomad has gained a new meaning. As it usually is with successful movie adaptations of books, the success of the big-screen version can be attributed to the high quality of this book. Published in 2018, this book recently started attracting readers’ attention more because of its Academy Award-winning movie adaptation. The New York Times bestseller ‘’Nomadland’’ by Jessica Bruder illuminates the struggles of middle-class Americans who had to substitute their houses for vans, RVs, and trailers in the aftermath of the 2008 market crash.
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