{"product_id":"by-the-iowa-sea-a-memoir","title":"By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vivid memoir about the heartbreaks and ecstasies of marriage, fatherhood, and small-town Midwestern life is “so raw and true you’ll gasp” (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeralding the arrival of an original American voice, By the Iowa Sea is a wrenching, unsentimental account of the heartbreaks and ecstasies of marriage, fatherhood, and small-town Midwestern life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter his first cross-country motorcycle trip, Joe Blair believed he had discovered his calling: he would travel; he would never cave in to convention; he would never settle down. Fifteen years later, he finds himself living in Iowa, working as an air-conditioning repairman and spending his free time cleaning gutters, taxiing his children, and contemplating marital infidelity. When the Iowa River floods, transforming the familiar streets of his small town into a terrible and beautiful sea, Joe begins to question the path that led him to this place.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExquisitely observed and lyrically recounted, this is a compelling and often humorous account of an ordinary man’s struggle to live an extraordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon and Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781451636062\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.34","offer_id":47915930190001,"sku":"SB-1451636067-C3","price":1.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1451636067.jpg?v=1789184703","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/by-the-iowa-sea-a-memoir","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}