{"id":895,"date":"2022-08-24T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2001classnews\/?p=895"},"modified":"2022-08-26T17:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:53:25","slug":"phillip-hurst-01-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2001classnews\/2022\/08\/24\/phillip-hurst-01-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Hurst ’01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Phillip Hurst ’01 had a nonfiction book published on August 16th, 2022 called Regent’s of Paris<\/a><\/em>. He recently had another book published in March, 2022 called The Land of Ale and Gloom: Discovering the Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/em>. Both synopsis can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Land of Ale and Gloom: Discovering the Pacific Northwest<\/em> concerns the summer of 2016, which the author spent traveling the region in the looming shadow of a Trump presidency, having come to the somewhat blue realization that there perhaps remained just one thing in this world with the power to bring him true happiness: craft beer. And while there\u2019s no better place for a beer enthusiast than Oregon and Washington State, a philosophical guide seemed necessary\u2014hence, Robert Burton\u2019s The Anatomy of Melancholy,<\/em> an encyclopedic Renaissance-era opus which advises the melancholic patient to treat his affliction with a few cold brews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regent\u2019s of Paris<\/em> takes place in a struggling small-town auto dealership during the tumultuous week leading up to the annual Memorial Day sale\u2014a week rife with doomsday warnings about the Obama Administration\u2019s corporate bailout of General Motors, and the week which will ultimately seal the dealership\u2019s fate. Paul Stenger\u2019s thirtieth birthday is looming and selling cars is soiling his conscience, complicating his love life, and killing his songwriting ambitions. But Paul\u2019s problems pale in comparison to those of Jennylee Witt, a young mother navigating her workplace\u2019s rampant sexism, a chronically-ill daughter, a deadbeat spouse, and a crisis of faith\u2014not to mention the wealthy local photographer with a penchant for cozy test-drives. Finally, Kent Seasons, the sales manager, has come to suspect his long-promised ownership stake is being stolen from him; worse yet, his teenage daughter has seemingly fallen for the suave owner of a rival dealership. In the cutthroat realm of the American car lot, even our most cherished dreams get the hard-sell, and nobody knows this better than those whose livelihoods hinge upon closing deals and sending rubber down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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