ISBN: 9781450063517

In five days, a small town in rural Kansas will begin to disappear. The doors to Jefferson's only factory have closed after half a century of sustaining the community, forcing an exodus o… More...

In five days, a small town in rural Kansas will begin to disappear. The doors to Jefferson's only factory have closed after half a century of sustaining the community, forcing an exodus of families out and decimating the town they leave behind. After months of steady decline, the remaining few have put all their hope into a plan to revamp the factory, with their distant corporate employer revealing their decision in one week's time. If the doors stay closed the last citizens will have no choice In five days, a small town in rural Kansas will begin to disappear. The doors to Jefferson's only factory have closed after half a century of sustaining the community, forcing an exodus of families out and decimating the town they leave behind. After months of steady decline, the remaining few have put all their hope into a plan to revamp the factory, with their distant corporate employer revealing their decision in one week's time. If the doors stay closed the last citizens will have no choice but to start over somewhere else, and abandon the town to history.A documentary crew from the University of Kansas arrives to exploit the crisis as the deadline nears, but as they navigate the desolate landscapes and strange inhabitants during Jefferson's dangerous last days there is one member who refuses to have anything to do with it, and breaks away. Dean is witty, volatile, often drunk and marooned in a world he regards as best forgotten, but finds himself strangely drawn to its sense of integrity and purpose missing from his own modern life, even as he continues to self-destruct. When Dean finds an unexpected companion, a local plumber twice his age enduring his own struggle, they forge a bond that will define them both. Their unlikely friendship forms the center of a novel that is at once a satire and celebration of small town life, a meditation on its importance in our national conscious, as well as a commentary on the larger America. Their quest for a different kind of life, and Jefferson's hope for a future, is the story of the shifting values and changing lives in the country's disappearing Heartland. Books, Fiction~~General, Heartland~~Matthew-Fellowgard, 999999999, Heartland, Matthew Fellowgard, 1450063519, Xlibris Corporation, , , , , Xlibris Corporation<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: XLIBRIS CORP, 312 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=21mm, Gew.=612gr, [GR: 11110 - HC/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: XLIBRIS CORP, 312 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=21mm, Gew.=612gr, [GR: 11110 - HC/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction - General], Gebunden<

2010, ISBN: 9781450063517

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Xlibris Corporation]

2010, ISBN: 9781450063517

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Xlibris Corporation]

2010, ISBN: 9781450063517

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Xlibris Corporation]