{"product_id":"rust-paperback","title":"Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliese Colette Goldbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Elements of Tara Westover's \u003ci\u003eEducated...\u003c\/i\u003e The mill comes to represent something holy to [Eliese] because it is made not of steel but of people.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne woman's story of working in the backbreaking steel industry to rebuild her life\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebut what she uncovers in the mill is much more than molten metal and grueling working conditions. Under the mill's orange flame she finds hope for the unity of America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteel is the only thing that shines in the belly of the mill...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo ArcelorMittal Steel Eliese is known as #6691: Utility Worker, but this was never her dream. Fresh out of college, eager to leave behind her conservative hometown and come to terms with her Christian roots, Eliese found herself applying for a job at the local steel mill. The mill is everything she was trying to escape, but it's also her only shot at financial security in an economically devastated and forgotten part of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRust\u003c\/i\u003e, Eliese Colette Goldbach brings the reader inside the belly of the mill and the middle American upbringing that brought her there in the first place. She takes a long and intimate look at her Rust Belt childhood and struggles to reconcile her desire to leave without turning her back on the people she's come to love. The people she sees as the unsung backbone of our nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with the financial promise of a steelworker's paycheck, and the very real danger of working in an environment where a steel coil could crush you at any moment or a vat of molten iron could explode because of a single drop of water, Eliese finds unexpected warmth and camaraderie among the gruff men she labors beside each day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppealing to readers of \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRust\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of the humanity Eliese discovers in the most unlikely and hellish of places, and the hope that therefore begins to grow.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliese Colette Goldbach was a steelworker at ArcelorMittal Cleveland. She received an M.F.A. in nonfiction from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts program. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays 2017\u003c\/i\u003e. She received the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Award and a Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant from the Ohioana Library Association, which is given to a young Ohio writer of promise. She now works at John Carroll University and lives in Cleveland with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42103029760135,"sku":"9781250239419","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4a004b76173722164009a2304bc0dd09.webp?v=1732410030","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rust-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}