{"product_id":"9781439175903","title":"The Year We Left Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller in hardcover, \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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStretching 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030028468464,"sku":"9781439175903","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439175903_p0.jpg?v=1763785549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439175903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}