Rust : a memoir of steel and grit
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New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
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Non-fiction
Edition
First edition.
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310 pages
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Benson Memorial Library
B 669 GOLDBACH GOL
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Published
New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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A debut memoir of grit and tenacity, as one young woman returns to the conservative hometown she always longed to escape to earn a living in the steel mill that casts a shadow over Cleveland. Steel is the only thing that shines in the belly of the mill... To 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. In Rust, Eliese 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. Faced 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. Appealing to readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Educated, Rust is a story of the humanity Eliese discovers in the most unlikely and hellish of places, and the hope that therefore begins to grow.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Goldbach, E. C. (2020). Rust : a memoir of steel and grit (First edition.). Flatiron Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goldbach, Eliese Colette. 2020. Rust : A Memoir of Steel and Grit. Flatiron Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goldbach, Eliese Colette. Rust : A Memoir of Steel and Grit Flatiron Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Goldbach, Eliese Colette. Rust : A Memoir of Steel and Grit First edition., Flatiron Books, 2020.

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