{"product_id":"the-quality-of-life-report-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781477313008","title":"The Quality of Life Report; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477313008","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Quality of Life Report\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMeghan Daum (Author), Curtis Sittenfeld (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477313008, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDaum’s enormous comic gift-and her ability to use it in the service of fundamentally serious issues-is an unexpected delight.\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Times Book Review) \u003cdiv\u003eA crisp, wisecracking voice . . . an admirably nuanced view of the American heartland.\u003c\/div\u003e (New Yorker) \u003cdiv\u003eFunny, literate . . . this is a surprising, entertaining, and often touching story of a single woman lurching into her thirties looking for love and fulfillment, but mostly just finding herself. Top quality.\u003c\/div\u003e (People) \u003cdiv\u003eDaum has a charming, breezy style and a pretty wicked sense of humor. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Quality of Life Report\u003c\/i\u003e is great fun.\u003c\/div\u003e (USA Today) \u003cdiv\u003eThe simple life never looked so complicated.\u003c\/div\u003e (Time)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMeghan Daum's unforgettable debut novel brings her sharp wit and courageous social commentary to the story of Lucinda Trout, a New York television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-paced, friendly, and vastly more affordable Midwestern town of Prairie City, Lucinda zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay, her naÏvetÉ about the real world leads her down an unexpected path, where she encounters, among other things, a drafty old farmhouse filled with children, an ever-growing menagerie of farm animals, and the harshest winter the region has seen in twenty years. In other words, simplicity just isn't as simple as it is cracked up to be, and \"quality of life,\" Lucinda learns, is much more complicated than she ever imagined.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Arms, Open Minds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative Lifestyle Alert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Serious, More Humanitarian Direction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lay of the Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Sociocultural Analysis of the Margin of Error\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRode Hard and Put Away Wet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to Throw a Barn Dance for Under $300\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hidden Benefits of Tanning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday’\u003cbr\u003es Word Is Glamoricious\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Guy in the Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbrace, Empathize, Empower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Margin Widens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Year Later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Interview with Meghan Daum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742566248728,"sku":"9781477313008","price":12.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-quality-of-life-report-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781477313008","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}