The Excursion

HOPE IS NOT AN EMOTION. IT IS A DISCIPLINE.

In the fading light of the American Rust Belt, where foreclosure signs outnumber the trees and the "gig economy" has left a generation adrift, three men set out on a walk to find the solid ground beneath their feet.

Jim Miller is a thirty-two-year-old freelance writer paralyzed by the "Millennial Drift." Over-educated, under-employed, and anxious, he watches the world through the cracked screen of his phone, waiting for a signal that never comes. Bu...