{"product_id":"on-homesickness-a-plea-9781946684004","title":"On Homesickness: A Plea","description":"2017 Mountain Heritage Literary Festival Appalachian Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One day, Jesse Donaldson wakes up in Portland, Oregon, and asks his wife to uproot their life together and move to his native Kentucky. As he searches for the reason behind this sudden urge, Donaldson examines both the place where he was born and the life he's building. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is a hybrid--part memoir, part meditation on nostalgia, part catalog of Kentucky history and myth. Organized according to Kentucky geography, with one passage for each of the commonwealth's 120 counties, On Homesickness examines whether we can ever return to the places we've called home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesse Donaldson was born in Kentucky, educated in Texas, and now lives in Oregon. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe More They Disappear.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vandalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528492781842,"sku":"9781946684004","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0aa8d7ba-2071-40e0-aa4d-4678c5f6c4cd.jpg?v=1731327944","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-homesickness-a-plea-9781946684004","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}