{"product_id":"the-year-we-left-home-9781439175903","title":"The Year We Left Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Year We Left Home \u003c\/i\u003eis National Book Award finalist Jean Thompson's mesmerizing, decades-spanning saga of one ordinary American family that captures the turbulent history of the country at large.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, a \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \"Pick of the Week,\" and an Indie Next and Midwest Connections selection, \u003ci\u003eThe Year We Left Home \u003c\/i\u003eis the career-defining novel that Jean Thompson's admirers have been waiting for: a sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stretching from the early 1970s in the Iowa farmlands to suburban Chicago and across the map of contemporary America, \u003ci\u003eThe Year We Left Home\u003c\/i\u003e follows the Erickson siblings as they confront prosperity and heartbreak, setbacks and triumphs, and seek their place in a country whose only constant seems to be breathtaking change. Ambitious and richly told, this is a vivid and moving meditation on our continual pursuit of happiness and an incisive exploration of the national character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439175903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2012 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2012 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059182276789,"sku":"9781439175903","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fd0da061-1eb0-4fef-90f4-ac8fc694feb3.jpg?v=1650341549","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-year-we-left-home-9781439175903","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}