{"product_id":"2940170712366","title":"Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the countryamp;mdash;and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three thousand residents, has sent an athlete to almost every Winter Olympics for the past thirty yearsamp;mdash;and three times that athlete has returned with a medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does Norwich do it? To answer this question, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Karen Crouse moved to Vermont, immersing herself in the lives of Norwich Olympians past and present. There, amidst the organic farms and clapboard colonial buildings, she discovered a culture that's the opposite of the hypercompetitive schoolyard of today's tiger moms and eagle dads. In Norwich, kids aren't cut from teams. They don't specialize in a single sport, and they even root for their rivals. What's more, their hands-off parents encourage them to simply enjoy themselves. Making it to the Olympics is seen not as the pinnacle of an athlete's career but as a fun stop on the way to achieving other, longer-lasting dreams. Norwich, Crouse realized, wasn't just raising better athletes than the rest of America; it was raising happier, healthier kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of inspiring stories of Olympians who excelled on and off the sports fieldamp;mdash;and had a blast doing soamp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eNorwich\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for every parent who wants to raise kids to be levelheaded, fulfilled, and successful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123288621296,"sku":"2940170712366","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170712366_p0.jpg?v=1763815033","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170712366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}