{"product_id":"book-c901","title":"Janesville","description":"\u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book * An NPR Best Book * A \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book * An \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book * A \u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“A gripping story of psychological defeat and resilience” (Bob Woodward, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)—an intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its main factory shuts down—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Amy Goldstein spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin, where the nation’s oldest operating General Motors assembly plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession. Now, with intelligence, sympathy, and insight into what connects and divides people in an era of economic upheaval, Goldstein shows the consequences of one of America’s biggest political issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Moving and magnificently well-researched” (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eJanesville\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader deep into the lives of autoworkers, educators, bankers, politicians, and job re-trainers to show why it’s so hard in the twenty-first century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347317268784,"sku":"BDc901","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347317301552,"sku":"10c901","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c901-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773775858","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c901","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}