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Rust: One woman`s story of finding hope across the divide

When Eliese Goldbach was nine years old, she decided to become a Catholic nun. Twenty years later, with a Master`s degree, she found herself making steel in the Rust Belt during the 2016 US election season. A small part of her wondered if she`d got stuck inside a dream that had gone horribly wrong. Trump was supposed to be golfing in Florida, not vying for the presidency. She was supposed to be saving souls, not stirring a vat of molten metal. The trajectory of her life had fallen short of expectations. The trajectory of the USA was going haywire. Part memoir, part social commentary, framed by Eliese`s experiences as a steelworker, RUST is about perspective, and shifting perspective: it`s about change. Much of Eliese`s life connects the identities that seem to be driving the USA apart, and the parallels with a post-Brexit UK are uncanny. She`s a former Republican turned Democrat; a feminist with Christian roots. Anti-abortion – until she herself was subjected to sexual violence – a supporter of the right to choose. She doesn`t fit neatly into any one box. Appealing to readers of HILLBILLY ELEGY and EDUCATED, RUST explores Eliese`s transformation from far-right to left-of-centre, detailing her first year as a steelworker, and the path that brought her to the mill in the first place. It is an American tale, but could just as easily be

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