{"product_id":"limbo-blue-collar-roots-white-collar-dreams-paperback","title":"Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfred Lubrano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLimbo, \u003c\/i\u003e award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo. For millions of Americans, these stories will serve as familiar reminders of the struggles of achieving the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLubrano is a great reporter...He has chosen here a great and often overlooked subject, the role of class in modern American society, and has produced a book rich with insight into both his own and all our lives.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMARK BOWDEN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful book uncovers a cultural phenomenon--the limbo existence of people raised in blue-collar families, living white-collar lives. \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thoughtful look at this phenomenon through the author's personal story, and those of 100 interviewees, all struggling with the duality that exists in their workplaces, their hearts, and their minds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eLimbo, \u003c\/i\u003e people straddle two social zones . . . The future is never assured when you come from a house of rough hands. There are many profound opinions in this major newspaperman's reporting.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJIMMY BRESLIN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you have any bloodlines at all to the working class, you will recognize--and newly discover-- yourself in Alfred Lubrano's inspired book. \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the minefield crossover from the blue-collar world to the white-collar one in prose that is at once trout-stream clear and luminous. It's the very American, real-as-a-streetfight story of a bricklayer's son's own uneasy journey out of Bensonhurst woven movingly with the journeys of a legion of other 'Straddlers.' Don't pass this gem by.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eSYDNEY SCHANBERG Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of Dith Pran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Al Lubrano is a great reporter and the kind of writer whose work is infused with both thought and feeling. He has chosen here a great and often overlooked subject, the role of class in modern American society, and has produced a book rich with insight into both his own life and all our lives. If you are like me, you will nod your head with recognition throughout.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMARK BOWDEN author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e Killing Pablo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis powerful book uncovers a cultural phenomenon--the limbo existence of people raised in blue-collar families, living white-collar lives. \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thoughtful look at this phenomenon through the author's personal story, and those of 100 interviewees, all struggling with the duality that exists in their workplaces, their hearts, and their minds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e, people straddle two social zones ... The future is never assured when you come from a house of rough hands. There are many profound opinions in this major newspaperman's reporting.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--JIMMY BRESLIN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you have any bloodlines at all to the working class, you will recognize--and newly discover-- yourself in Alfred Lubrano's inspired book. \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the minefield crossover from the blue-collar world to the white-collar one in prose that is at once trout-stream clear and luminous. It's the very American, real-as-a-streetfight story of a bricklayer's son's own uneasy journey out of Bensonhurst woven movingly with the journeys of a legion of other 'Straddlers.' Don't pass this gem by.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--SYDNEY SCHANBERG Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of Dith Pran \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Al Lubrano is a great reporter and the kind of writer whose work is infused with both thought and feeling. He has chosen here a great and often overlooked subject, the role of class in modern American society, and has produced a book rich with insight into both his own life and all our lives. If you are like me, you will nod your head with recognition throughout.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--MARK BOWDEN author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down and Killing Pablo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALFRED LUBRANO\u003c\/b\u003e is a reporter for the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and a commentator for National Public Radio since 1992. He has won six national journalism awards, and has contributed to several magazines and anthologies on writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762004361504,"sku":"9780471714392","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9e4b9b39442c531a049f9af49b444b16.webp?v=1780214791","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/limbo-blue-collar-roots-white-collar-dreams-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}