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Porter Shreve brings a deft touch to the moments that mark a young person's entrance into the world, and a sharp eye to the ways in which the lead story can be wonderfully, seductively misleading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter Shreve","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53139781484835,"sku":"9780395981320","price":11.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780395981320.jpg?v=1741114946"},{"product_id":"drives-like-a-dream-a-novel","title":"Drives Like A Dream: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Porter Shreve’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Obituary Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, “an involving and sneakily touching story whose twists feel less like the conventions of a genre than the convolutions of a heart—any heart.” \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e hailed the book as “a substantial achievement,” and Tim O'Brien described it as “taut, compelling, and moving . . . beautifully written, engrossing from start to finish.” Shining with the same heart and humor, Shreve’s second novel, \u003ci\u003eDrives Like a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, is a smart, wry tale about a modern-day mother in the midst of a lifestyle crisis—and her outlandish attempts to get her family back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lydia Modine is sixty-one and about to come undone. Her three grown-up children have flown the coop. She hasn’t seen them together in more than a year, and now her ex-husband is about to remarry a woman half his age. And the insults keep coming: Lydia is stuck on a book she’s writing about Detroit’s car industry, which uncannily parallels her own life — out with the old model, in with the new. She's poured her soul into her family, only to be abandoned in the City of Dream Machines. But then a twist of fate introduces her to Norm, an eco-car fanatic out to remake her and the world. Is he the answer to all of her problems, or does he hold the one secret that just might get her children back to Detroit, home for good?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A warm, funny, and affecting novel that's sure to appeal to anyone who has longed for an alternate life, \u003ci\u003eDrives Like a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e confirms that sometimes when you set out for a spin, the twists and turns can be perfectly rewarding—and right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter Shreve","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53149033627939,"sku":"9780618711925","price":19.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780618711925.jpg?v=1741144435"},{"product_id":"when-the-white-house-was-ours","title":"When The White House Was Ours","description":"Loosely based on Porter Shreve’s own childhood, \u003cem\u003eWhen the White House Was Ours\u003c\/em\u003e is the atmospheric and captivating story of a family’s struggle to stay together against great odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt’s family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. 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