Jennifer F. Hamer Jennifer F. Hamer is the author of Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis (University of California Press, 2011). East St. Louis As Detroit's Mirror Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013 Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print