{"product_id":"bxosps-shortest-way-home-9781631496653","title":"Shortest Way Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFeaturing a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShortest Way Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of the typical American politician.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundit’s odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of the most surprising candidacies in recent American history. The fact that his New York Times best-selling memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShortest Way Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, didn’t read like your typical campaign book only added to “Mayor Pete’s” transcendent appeal. Readers everywhere, old and young, came to appreciate the “stirring, honest, and often beautiful” (Jill Lepore, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) personal stories and gripping mayoral tales, which provided, in lyrical prose, the political and philosophical foundations of his historic campaign.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, in which Buttigieg movingly returns with the reader to his roots in his hometown city of South Bend, Indiana, as well as a transcript of the eulogy for his father, Joseph Buttigieg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShortest Way Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, already considered a classic of the political memoir form, provides us with a beacon of hope at a time of social despair and political crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e29 black-and-white photographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69266144264434,"sku":"9781631496653","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781631496653_i.jpg?v=1794472658","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosps-shortest-way-home-9781631496653","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}