{"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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3867949\"\u003eJean Thompson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439175903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143917590X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collections \u003ci\u003eDo Not Deny Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrow Like a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a 1999 National Book Award finalist for fiction, and the novels \u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWide Blue Yonder\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction selection. Visit her at JeanThompsonOnline.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44456150565101,"sku":"9781439175903","price":23.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_959effb1-c965-4a37-bbfd-5f6cc5fd1100.jpg?v=1700396138","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-year-we-left-home-9781439175903","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}