{"product_id":"the-english-experience-paperback","title":"The English Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR - PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE WEEK - Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University's annual \"Experience: Abroad\" to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow - The hilarious and heartfelt conclusion to the \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wise and hilarious and heartbreaking.\"--Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The perfect back-to-school novel for cynics...Entertaining and bittersweet.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shakespeare Requirement\u003c\/i\u003e completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap by chronicling the beleaguered Professor Fitger as he chaperones Payne University's annual \"Experience: Abroad\" to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a sea of troubles--personal, institutional, and international--the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJULIE SCHUMACHER\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Oberlin College and Cornell University, where she earned her MFA. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Body Is Water\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award. Her 2014 novel, \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Thurber Prize for American Humor; she is the first woman to have been so honored. She lives in St. Paul and is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44336298459238,"sku":"9780593685754","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UuswPtpUkl9780593685754.webp?v=1768485148","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-english-experience-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}