By the Iowa Sea A Memoir Author:Joe Blair This vivid memoir about the heartbreaks and ecstasies of marriage, fatherhood, and small-town Midwestern life is ?so raw and true you?ll gasp? (O, The Oprah Magazine).After his first cross-country motorcycle trip, Joe Blair believed he had discovered his true calling. He would travel. He would never cave in to convention. He would never settle d... more »own. Fifteen years later, Joe 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, he begins to question the path that led him to this place. Exquisitely observed and lyrically recounted, this is a compelling and often humorous account of an ordinary man?s struggle to live an extraordinary life. A finalist for the Elle magazine Reader?s Choice Award, By the Iowa Sea charmed critics, booksellers, and readers alike.« less
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