Janesville: An American Story

This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up. More about Janesville »

Buy the Book

Recognition

Named Book of the Year by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company.

.
Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for narrative nonfiction.
Read More

Amy Goldstein has been a staff writer for three decades at The Washington Post, where much of her work has focused on social policy. Among her awards, she shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. She has been a fellow at Harvard University at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Janesville: An American Story is her first book. She lives in Washington, DC. More about Amy »