{"product_id":"9781250879905","title":"The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Booksellers Association \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Kendzior is an absolutely terrific writer.” —Sebastian Junger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThey Knew\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Hiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe View from Flyover Country\u003c\/i\u003e navigates a changing America as she and her family embark on a series of road trips, in a book that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland—and yet another to raise children as it happens. \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Road Trip\u003c\/i\u003e is one family’s journey to the most beautiful, fascinating, and bizarre places in the US during one of its most tumultuous eras. As Kendzior works as a journalist chronicling political turmoil, she becomes determined that her young children see America before it’s too late. So Kendzior, her husband, and the kids hit the road—again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting from Missouri, the family drives across America in every direction as cataclysmic events—the rise of autocracy, political and technological chaos, and the pandemic—reshape American life. They explore Route 66, national parks, historical sites, and Americana icons as Kendzior contemplates love for country in a broken heartland. Together, the family watches the landscape of the United States—physical, environmental, social, political—transform through the car window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part political history, The Last American Road Trip is one mother’s promise to her children that their country will be there for them in the future—even though at times she struggles to believe it herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084992282685,"sku":"9781250879905","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781250879905_p0.jpg?v=1775251117","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781250879905","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}