{"product_id":"9781462826254","title":"Another Sort of Life: A Memoir of \"Interesting Times\"","description":"May you live in interesting times,\" runs the old Chinese curse. During the worst recession since the 1930s, a university professor leaves the safe routines of campus life and hits the road, looking for a change of pace. But as the economy plummets, a supposedly manageable adventure becomes a four-and-a-half year journey into times that prove \"interesting\" indeed. He finds work as a cut-rate adjunct prof, a field hand, car washer, day laborer, janitor, and a variety of other vocations far removed from his previous existence. Along the way he gets into fights, skirts homelessness, and mingles with an unforgettable cast of characters, including an ex-professor who has found a new life in the woods; a business genius who is not what he seems; a painter who teleports to the asteroid belt; and a brilliant scholar who has chosen poverty in disgust of modernity.     This book is a journey into hard times and a visit with a subculture where life is lived close to the bone. It's also an intimate history of the early 1980s as seen from its lower regions. But ultimately it's a satisfying adventure that is leavened with humor, color, and, always, with the fullness of life.     (Tentative Title) ANOTHER SORT OF LIFE:        A Journey into \"Interesting Times,\" 1979-1984","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143835042032,"sku":"9781462826254","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462826254_p0.jpg?v=1763678333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462826254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}