{"product_id":"life-on-the-line-one-womans-tale-of-work-sweat-and-survival-9780385489782","title":"Life on the Line: One Woman's Tale of Work, Sweat, and Survival","description":"\"Engaging--. Terrific--. Takes us over the collar line with grace and authority.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a veteran reporter throughout the \"downsizing\" years of the auto industry in the United States and Canada, Queens-born Solange De Santis covered her fair share of auto plant closings, but almost always from the management's point of view. That is, until this mid-career, mid-thirties, Ivy League-educated journalist quit her job to become an assembly-line autoworker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was hired at a doomed General Motors plant, and quickly learned about the bone-crushing realities and mitigated rewards of hard, physical work. In \u003cb\u003eLife on the Line\u003c\/b\u003e, De Santis offers a glimpse into a world that too many of us shy away from acknowledging, even as we accept the keys to our new cars. Completely candid, and as unexpectedly poignant as it is funny, \u003cb\u003eLife on the Line\u003c\/b\u003e will change the way you view blue-collar work and the cars on which we all depend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolange De Santis has been a reporter and writer for the \u003cb\u003ePalm Beach Post\u003c\/b\u003e, Reuters, the Associated Press, the \u003cb\u003eToronto Globe and Mail\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e. This is her first book. She is currently a freelance writer living in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410812178706,"sku":"9780385489782","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8f2e901-4c88-48c7-928e-bed33399a297.jpg?v=1729308543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-on-the-line-one-womans-tale-of-work-sweat-and-survival-9780385489782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}