{"product_id":"9781477176665","title":"Crossing Saturday Furlong: Lessons of a European Journey","description":"Crossing Saturday Furlong is a European travel memoir for those who canâ??t afford to quit their day job.\u003cbr\u003eâ??Busy?â?\u003cbr\u003eâ??Crazy as usualâ?\"you?â?\u003cbr\u003eSo goes the standard greeting in corporate America. Then we have the author, who daydreams in meetings about travels past and planned. But is there more behind his casual veneer? To find out, we trace back to a younger self dodging terroristâ??s bombs in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has walked off his job and persuaded his considerably less impulsive romantic interest to do the same. Passionate and demonstrative, he revels in his freedom, while she guards her feelings â??-and guards against being left without a room for the night. Looking closer to find her, he is drawn past the surface of their surroundings, and changed in a way that renews his outlook on working life. Fourteen years later, they return to Europe, married and employed, only to discover that some lessons need learning twiceâ?¦.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125354840304,"sku":"9781477176665","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477176665_p0.jpg?v=1763612324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477176665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}