{"product_id":"love-and-industry-a-midwestern-workbook-paperback","title":"Love and Industry: A Midwestern Workbook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSonya Huber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20 essays . . . pack a punch--not the sort that gives you an immediate bruise, but one that leaves you strangely sore for days . . .\" --Kerry Cardoza, \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e New Lenox, Illinois, is a small town deep in the corn grid of the Midwest, where it runs up against the grid of south Chicagoland, a placeless location marked by geographical flatness and dwindling industry. It's also where Sonya Huber grew up, and in the twenty essays collected here, she lovingly explores the ways New Lenox--and the Midwest more generally--has come to define her life. Here, you'll find portraits of Huber's parents as they tirelessly run a small business, homages to the Gen-X joys of wearing flannel, secret insights about being a Pizza Hut waitress, and odes to the ecstasy of blasting classic rock as your car hurls along I-80. Whether she's writing about \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, detailing the region's influence on David Foster Wallace, or exploring the poetry embedded in a can of Miller High Life, her vision is astute and her prose convincing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes experimental and always inventive, \u003ci\u003eLove and Industry: A Midwestern Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e takes seriously Chicagoland's farthest reaches--gritty, sweeping, a region full of its own distinct feelings of \"almostness\"--and transforms them into a map of the heart, a ramshackle territory marked by memory, family, regret, determination, and wonderment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A must read\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Huber is a masterful essayist\" --Megan Stielstra, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wrong Way to Save Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sonya Huber has written a glorious midwestern road trip for the personal essay set.\" --Barrie Jean Borich, author of \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Darling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBody Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Lesbian Husband\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330778009837,"sku":"9781953368584","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/YtiK8j2cJ49781953368584.webp?v=1784938393","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/love-and-industry-a-midwestern-workbook-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}