Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit

In this powerful memoir, author Eliese Colette Goldbach documents her experience working at the steel mill in her hometown outside Cleveland, Ohio. Fresh out of college and eager to move on from the conservative town she grew up in, Goldbach nonetheless found herself applying for work at the steel mill, seeking out economic stability the only way she could. Part love letter to the camaraderie and solidarity she found with the other workers at the mill and part exposé of the dangers and travails that hard laborers in America's Rust Belt still face, Rust is a powerful story and an eye-opening read for those who've never faced the challenges of industrial work.

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