Buy the Jessica Bruder book which inspired Nomadland starring Frances McDormand

If you haven’t streamed Nomadland yet, we highly recommend that you do.

On February 19, Nomadland made its highly anticipated premiere on Hulu. Directed by Chloe Zhao, the intimate drama is currently nominated for a plethora of sought-after awards, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Drama. And like many who have watched the movie already know, this story of life on the road is packed with so much more than initially meets the eye.

For those unfamiliar, Nomandland is based on the 2017 book titled Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, written by journalist Jessica Bruder. Both the movie starring Frances McDormand and the book which inspired it follow the lives of nomads and van dwellers as they navigate an untraditional lifestyle. It’s told through the lens of a woman embarking on a solo journey after losing her husband and her job.

Buy the Nomadland book by Jessica Bruder

To check out Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century and buy it on Amazon, click the link here.

As noted by The New York Times, Bruder’s “lively and thoroughly reported” nonfiction book emphasizes the very real “economic upheaval and social dislocation” that pushes people to pack up life as they know it and hit the road in America. And if you dug the movie, many critics say you’ll get just as much out of the book which inspired it, if not more. Not to mention, the movie adaptation is said to be pretty spot on when it comes to holding onto the most crucial aspects of the book and the honest portrayal of those Bruder intended to capture.

Regarding the Nomadland film adaptation, the Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus describes this buzz-worthy 2020 flick as a “poetic character study on the forgotten and downtrodden,” beautifully capturing “the restlessness left in the wake of the Great Recession.” And we’d tend to agree with that take.

Reviews for Bruder’s book still continue flooding in years later, and she’s hitting notably high notes with fans and critics alike. On Amazon, one critic’s review says that those of us “who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book.” Or at the very least, they should read it.

Nomadland is currently streaming on Hulu.

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