This book touched a place in my soul. I also grew up in a Rust belt town and watched our major industry close. I remember the low voices my parents spoke in when they were talking about what they were going to do when my Dad's plant closed. I think that is why this book touched me in such a personal way.

The storyline itself was an odd tale, that wiggled around on the page refusing to be pinned and pigeon-holed into any one genre.