{"product_id":"the-last-street-before-cleveland-an-accidental-pilgrimage-9780803254749","title":"The Last Street Before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe old neighborhood was the place that Joe Mackall left. It was a place where everyone's parents worked at the factory at the dead end of the street, where the Catholic church operated like a religious city hall, and where he grew up vowing to get out as soon as he could and to shed his blue-collar beginnings and failed, flawed religion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the mysterious death of a childhood friend draws him back to the last street before Cleveland, however, he discovers that there is more to \"old haunts\" than mere words--and more to severing one's roots than just getting away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Street Before Cleveland\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Mackall's descent into his past: the story of how, looking for answers about his lost friend, he stumbles onto larger questions about himself. With clear-eyed candor, Mackall describes the resurfacing of dormant demons, the opening of the old chasms of depression and addiction, and the discovery, at rock bottom, of a flickering faith that casts a surprising light over everything that has come before. Mackall's is, finally, a story about life--lived and lost, given and earned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Mackall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.59w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803254749\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Mackall is a professor of English at Ashland University, as well as a cofounder and editor of the nonfiction journal \u003ci\u003eRiver Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40139361386611,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cba5e415-a115-4dbb-bb31-93f1ba38442a.jpg?v=1654434521","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-last-street-before-cleveland-an-accidental-pilgrimage-9780803254749","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}