{"product_id":"the-same-river-twice-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Same River Twice: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Offutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of nineteen, Chris Offutt had already been rejected by the army, the Peace Corps, the park rangers, and the police. So he left his home in the Kentucky Appalachians and thumbed his way north -- into a series of odd jobs and even stranger encounters with his fellow Americans. Fifteen years later, Offutt finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be: settled down with a pregnant wife. Writing from the banks of the Iowa River, where he came to rest, he intersperses the story of his youthful journeys with that of his journey to fatherhood in a memoir that is uniquely candid, occasionally brutal, and often wonderfully funny. As he reckons with the comforts and terrors of maturity, Offutt also discovers what is best in life and in himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Offutt\u003c\/b\u003e author of the critically acclaimed story collections \u003ci\u003eKentucky Straight and Out of the Woods, \u003c\/i\u003e the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Brother, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir No Heroes, lives in Iowa City, Iow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761496293664,"sku":"9780743229494","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e0bce8625d7b7ea24ca4f3ec0d377728.webp?v=1780208951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-same-river-twice-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}