{"product_id":"angels-of-detroit","title":"Angels of Detroit","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce an example of American industrial might, Detroit has gone bankrupt, its streets dark, its storefronts vacant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiles of city blocks lie empty, saplings growing through the cracked foundations of abandoned buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn razor-sharp, beguiling prose, Angels of Detroit draws us into the lives of multiple characters struggling to define their futures in this desolate landscape: a scrappy group of activists trying to save the city with placards and protests; a curious child who knows the blighted city as her own personal playground; an elderly great-grandmother eking out a community garden in an oil-soaked patch of dirt; a carpenter with an explosive idea of how to give the city a new start; a confused idealist who has stumbled into debt to a human trafficker; a weary corporate executive who believes she is doing right by the city she remembers at its prime--each of their desires is distinct, and their visions for a better city are on a collision course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this propulsive, masterfully plotted epic, an urban wasteland whose history is plagued with riots and unrest is reimagined as an ambiguous new frontier--a site of tenacity and possible hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDriven by struggle and suspense, and shot through with a startling empathy, Christopher Hebert's magnificent second novel unspools an American story for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Hebert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43274071244969,"sku":"9781632863638","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/266064686e6c7a26402630383f71413d4478247f4527565a453839393956.jpg?v=1696825244","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/angels-of-detroit","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}