{"product_id":"meatpacking-michael-heslin-9781647045296","title":"Meatpacking","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the High Line Park there was a train that ran through their lives... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalome and her mother Max live in a Manhattan loft surrounded by Abstract Expressionist murals and views of the West Side Highway. It is a neighborhood of meatpacking plants and nightclubs and the echoes of ocean liners. Salome never learned to roller skate on cobblestones, but her playground is Mr. Zwerling's hardware store and her best friend is a man who cannot speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMEATPACKING is a downtown world where few children grow, where the streetlights are broken and the pay phones don't work, and her mother struggles to provide for her. Over the years Salome creates a garden of her own on the railroad viaduct, a private world that few others will understand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom World War II and the decades after, MEATPACKING chronicles an unusual family in a once abandoned but now thriving neighborhood of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Heslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647045290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647045296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skaty-Eight Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2022","brand":"Michael Heslin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453848432895,"sku":"9781647045296","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dfd1540-b51f-42e3-92dd-cc236830cdba.jpg?v=1777302642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meatpacking-michael-heslin-9781647045296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}