{"product_id":"the-road-to-wellville-9780140167184","title":"The Road to Wellville","description":"Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous Battle Creek Spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor Will goes too.\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003cb\u003eT. Coraghessan Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e's wickedly comic look at turn-of-the-century fanatics in search of the magic pill to prolong their lives--or the profit to be had from manufacturing it. Brimming with a Dickensian cast of characters and laced with wildly wonderful plot twists, \u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e in the \u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e called \u003cb\u003eThe Road to Wellville\u003c\/b\u003e \"A marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140167184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.04w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/04\/1994\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"T. C. Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132781265077,"sku":"9780140167184","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38d149a9-ba87-4808-bc27-d00eca712a19.jpg?v=1695134068","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-road-to-wellville-9780140167184","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}