Janesville

This book is a meticulous dive into the effects of a massive General Motors plant shutdown in Janesville, Wisconsin, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Goldstein offers readers an intimate account of the fallout from the plant closure, documenting how the town's residents coped in ways both expected and surprising. Through the stories of autoworkers, bankers, politicians, and job re-trainers, Goldstein shows how this event reflects the larger trend of the American middle class being hollowed out. This is a timely, insightful, and resolutely human exploration of a major issue affecting millions of Americans.