During a decade of living abroad, the National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition defended America's commitment to the rule of law and equal opportunity for all; returning home in 2013, he was shocked to find these principles under assault. Trying to make sense of the changes, Evan Osnos focused on residents in three places he knew firsthand: Greenwich, Connecticut; Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. Chronicling six years, Olson tells their powerful, often poignant stories, as he traces the sources of America's political dissolution.