{"product_id":"2940170195916","title":"The Distancers: An American Memoir","description":"In  The Distancers , seven generations worth of joy and heartache is artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin's own. From the nineteenth century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and uncles with whom Sandlin spent the summers of his youth, a whole history of quiet ambition and stoic pride--of successes, failures, and above all endurance--leaps off the page in a sweeping American family epic. Touching on The Great Depression, WWII, and the American immigrant experience, the uses of proper manners, ,  The Distancers  is a beautiful and stark Midwestern drama, about a time and place long since vanished, where the author learned the value of family and the art of keeping one's distance.","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104968229104,"sku":"2940170195916","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170195916_p0.jpg?v=1763704847","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170195916","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}