{"product_id":"off-ramp-adventures-and-heartache-in-the-american-elsewhere-paperback","title":"Off Ramp: Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHank Stuever\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his unique, funny, and haunting reports from \"Elsewhere,\" Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-décor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall, or in the story of an armed man named Honey Bear in the hunt for his beloved but now missing sleeper sofa which he left in a store unit. \u003ci\u003eOff Ramp\u003c\/i\u003e shows us America through the humorous gaze of Hank Stuever, who finds beauty in the midst of the most unlikely and invisible lives and places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] razor sharp eye...a master class in top-notch journalism. A.\"---\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Editor's Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his unique, funny, and haunting reports from \"Elsewhere,\" Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-décor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall, or in the story of an armed man named Honey Bear on the hunt for his beloved but now missing sleeper sofa that he left in a storage unit. \u003ci\u003eOff Ramp\u003c\/i\u003e shows us America through the humorous gaze of Hank Stuever, who finds an unlikely beauty in the drab but glorious suburban frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wildly funny, caustic, subversive, and a little bizarre around the edges...A wonderfully original and confident voice.\"---Augusten Burroughs, author of\u003ci\u003e Running with Scissors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These 'elsewheres, ' as he calls them, are Stuever's speciality.... They form a coherent, often funny, even lovely rendering of one man's curious embrace of the world.\"---\u003ci\u003eWashingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Stuever] reaches to the core of the human condition.... A mixture of compelling writing style and deep reflection.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His curiosity, taste for the offbeat, humility, and mellifluous phrasing combine to make this book...a reminder that reading a newspaper can sometimes be a joy and not some tedious civic chore.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marvelous...worth reading for the writing alone.\"---\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHank Stuever's work is currently seen in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a staff writer. He has twice been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMSNBC\u003c\/i\u003ep0, and various radio programs. He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] razor sharp eye...a master class in top-notch journalism. A.\"---\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Editor's Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his unique, funny, and haunting reports from \"Elsewhere,\" Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-décor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall, or in the story of an armed man named Honey Bear on the hunt for his beloved but now missing sleeper sofa that he left in a storage unit. \u003ci\u003eOff Ramp\u003c\/i\u003e shows us America through the humorous gaze of Hank Stuever, who finds an unlikely beauty in the drab but glorious suburban frontier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wildly funny, caustic, subversive, and a little bizarre around the edges...A wonderfully original and confident voice.\"---Augusten Burroughs, author of\u003ci\u003e Running with Scissors \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These 'elsewheres, ' as he calls them, are Stuever's speciality.... They form a coherent, often funny, even lovely rendering of one man's curious embrace of the world.\"---\u003ci\u003eWashingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Stuever] reaches to the core of the human condition.... A mixture of compelling writing style and deep reflection.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His curiosity, taste for the offbeat, humility, and mellifluous phrasing combine to make this book...a reminder that reading a newspaper can sometimes be a joy and not some tedious civic chore.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Marvelous...worth reading for the writing alone.\"---\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHank Stuever's work is currently seen in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a staff writer. He has twice been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMSNBC\u003c\/i\u003ep0, and various radio programs. He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHank Stuever\u003c\/b\u003e's work is currently seen in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a staff writer. He has twice been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e, MSNBC, and various radio programs. 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