{"product_id":"the-last-street-before-cleveland-an-accidental-pilgrimage-paperback","title":"The Last Street Before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Mackall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.52 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53246549066035,"sku":"9780803254749","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dSkrzaWPgi9780803254749.webp?v=1776287007","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-last-street-before-cleveland-an-accidental-pilgrimage-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}