One woman's story of working in the backbreaking steel industry to rebuild her life, but what she uncovers in the mill is much more than molten metal and grueling working conditions... After receiving a devastating diagnosis of mixed-state bipolar disorder, Eliese finds herself under the orange flame of Cleveland's notorious steel mill, applying for a job that could be her ticket to regaining stability and salvation. She is thrust into a rough-and-tumble man's world where a wrong step could mean serious injury. RUST evokes a vivid picture of the mill, where your coworkers are your comrades and the bonds you make protect against the harsh surroundings, but RUST is also a story of searching for belonging. Eliese struggles to find her place inside the mill, and in doing so is forced to reckon with her place in the world as a woman, a millennial, and a person grasping at what's left of the American dream.
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