{"product_id":"9780142181249","title":"Flyover Lives: A Memoir","description":"“[A] vivid . . . quest for roots. . . . Splendid.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of venturing off to see the world—and did. Now having traveled widely and lived part-time in Paris for many years, she is stung when a French friend teases her about Americans’ indifference to history.  Could it be true? The \u003ci\u003ej’accuse\u003c\/i\u003e haunts Diane and inspires her to dig into her family’s past, working back from the Friday night football of her youth to the adventures illuminated in the letters and memoirs of her stalwart pioneer ancestors—beginning with a lonely young soldier who came to America from France in 1711.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs enchanting as her bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eFlyover Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving examination of identity and the “wispy but material” family ghosts who shape us. As Johnson pays tribute to her deep Midwestern roots, she captures the perpetual tug-of-war between the magnetic pull of home and our lust for escape and self-invention.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022101102832,"sku":"9780142181249","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780142181249_p0.jpg?v=1763656381","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780142181249","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}