{"product_id":"running-around-town-an-ann-arbor-memoir-9781956697483","title":"Running Around Town: An Ann Arbor Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection of essays shares the observations of a energetic boy living in an anything-but-simple time: the mercurial decades of the 1960s and 1970s in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunning Around Town\u003c\/em\u003e brings funny and quirky insights into gentle focus, with a lens on the small things in life that bring purpose and make us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur perennially curious narrator describes his small but teeming domain extending to the University of Michigan Diag and the people who influenced him: The clerks at Discount Records who provide musical advice. A cashier who sells him a peace sign necklace at Middle Earth. The folk musicians at The Ark. U-M basketball star Cazzie Russell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd importantly: A policeman neighbor who bails him out of situational predicaments. And a classmate, a bibliophile, who teaches him to sing in tune and passes him a note in history class at Pioneer High School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart coming-of-age impressions, part family and societal portraits in miniature, part love story, \u003cem\u003eRunning Around Town\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately a tapestry of transformative everyday interactions, woven together with the cultural influences and music of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fifth Avenue Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956697483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Stephen K. Postema","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378718703797,"sku":"9781956697483","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8412126b-07a2-48ab-90ab-7ecd15305826.jpg?v=1753159579","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/running-around-town-an-ann-arbor-memoir-9781956697483","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}