Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant
Lolita Hernandez

“Autopsy of an Engine is the most surprising love story I’ve read all year. The workers in the Cadillac factory who populate this book may not be related, but in the hands of the amazing Lolita Hernandez they become one moving multicultural family. … This is a passionate cry from the factory floor, a story you can't forget from a voice that has not been heard before.”—Ruth Reichl

Full of magic and soul, these twelve stories bring to life the spirits that populated Detroit’s Clark Street Cadillac factory until the final Fleetwood rolled off the line. Each story is a tribute to the grit, passion, and bravado that transformed Detroit into the Motor City and the Cadillac into America’s premier luxury car. They are also a heartbreaking testament to the decline of the auto industry and the loss of jobs that turned Motown inside out, creating a haunted landscape of abandoned factories and decaying boulevards.