LIVE ZOOM: Book Discussion: Janesville, by Amy Goldstein
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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022| 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
This class will be hosted on Zoom
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Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue to explore income inequality in America by reading Janesville: An American Story, by Amy Goldstein. Janesville, Wisconsin was the home of General Motors oldest operating assembly plant until GM closed the plant two days before Christmas 2008. Goldstein paints an intimate picture of blue-collar workers and their families who are faced with uncertainty, doubt, depression and the inability to care for their loved ones after closure of the plant and shows why it is so hard in the 21st century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class.
About the book and author:
- Goldstein is a Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post reporter
- Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year (2017)
- Winner of J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for Narrative Nonfiction (2018)
- An NPR, Wall Street Journal, Economist and Business Insider Best Book of 2017
- New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2017
Although you can listen to the class from various kinds of devices, you will need video to view the speaker(s) and any presentation materials and the ability to type on your device and use Zoom to ask questions or use the chat features.
Presented by:
Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research, LA Law Library (https://www.lalawlibrary.org/)
