{"product_id":"the-english-experience-paperback-1","title":"The English Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University's annual \"Experience: Abroad\" to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow - The bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Shakespeare Requirement\u003c\/i\u003e completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wise and hilarious and heartbreaking.\"--Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he's the only professor available to chaperone Payne University's annual \"Experience: Abroad\" (he has long been on the record objecting to the absurd and gratuitous colon between the words) occurring during the three weeks of winter term. Among his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a sea of troubles--personal, institutional, and international--the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIE SCHUMACHER grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Oberlin College and Cornell University, where she earned her MFA. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Body Is Water\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award. Her 2014 novel, \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Thurber Prize for American Humor; she is the first woman to have been so honored. She lives in St. Paul and is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776725811488,"sku":"9780593860748","price":33.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/479046cbced636be8f5f6439f11bf803.webp?v=1780484330","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-english-experience-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}