{"product_id":"white-flight-the-companion-to-the-old-neighborhood-9781965199107","title":"White Flight: The Companion to the Old Neighborhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eChicago's western suburbs. Young Joe Walsh is making a go of it at a new school, still haunted by his rough-and-tumble city upbringing.\u003c\/b\u003e He's got some great opportunities-a summer seminar at one of the world's top physics laboratories, a hard-hitting Catholic clergyman and boxing instructor who thinks he's got talent in the ring, and a beautiful girlfriend who's giving him some much-needed love and support. But the challenges of Chicago have followed him to its outskirts; his sister's struggling to recover after being shot by one of his former friends, his mom's unvarnished ways are rubbing their wealthy neighbors the wrong way, and his brother's fresh out of prison and falling into old habits. Like many young men before him, Joe's taking out his frustrations in the boxing ring, and dreaming of a triumphant career--but will that, too, become a prison? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis follow-up to Bill Hillmann's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e connects like a 1-2 punch. It's another modern classic from one of the city's best authors, a powerful story unlike anything you've read before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Bill Hillmann is a full-time professor of English and Communications at East-West University in Chicago.\u003c\/b\u003e He is the author of four books--the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Burbs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eMozos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pueblos\u003c\/i\u003e--and is writing the sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Burbs\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared at CNN, NPR, and VICE, and in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, and various others. He created the National College Story Slam competition, where students from across the country compete telling five-minute personal stories. Hillmann is a former Chicago Golden Gloves boxing champion and union construction laborer, and is married to Paula Andion Zabalza.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tortoise Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735704600850,"sku":"9781965199107","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa978e7d-98e2-4d56-8e0d-472897240646.jpg?v=1763541907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-flight-the-companion-to-the-old-neighborhood-9781965199107","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}