{"product_id":"drives-like-a-dream-9780618711925","title":"Drives Like a Dream","description":"The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Porter Shreve's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Obituary Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, \"an involving and sneakily touching story whose twists feel less like the conventions of a genre than the convolutions of a heart--any heart.\" \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e hailed the book as \"a substantial achievement,\" and Tim O'Brien described it as \"taut, compelling, and moving . . . beautifully written, engrossing from start to finish.\" Shining with the same heart and humor, Shreve's second novel, \u003ci\u003eDrives Like a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, is a smart, wry tale about a modern-day mother in the midst of a lifestyle crisis--and her outlandish attempts to get her family back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lydia Modine is sixty-one and about to come undone. Her three grown-up children have flown the coop. She hasn't seen them together in more than a year, and now her ex-husband is about to remarry a woman half his age. And the insults keep coming: Lydia is stuck on a book she's writing about Detroit's car industry, which uncannily parallels her own life -- out with the old model, in with the new. She's poured her soul into her family, only to be abandoned in the City of Dream Machines. But then a twist of fate introduces her to Norm, an eco-car fanatic out to remake her and the world. Is he the answer to all of her problems, or does he hold the one secret that just might get her children back to Detroit, home for good? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A warm, funny, and affecting novel that's sure to appeal to anyone who has longed for an alternate life, \u003ci\u003eDrives Like a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e confirms that sometimes when you set out for a spin, the twists and turns can be perfectly rewarding--and right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618711925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 6.74w x 0.76d","brand":"Porter Shreve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41489464721589,"sku":"9780618711925","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2a05ddc1-2c51-49a9-ab20-c9f638e4c729.jpg?v=1640912217","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/drives-like-a-dream-9780618711925","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}