An Americana Summer: A Field Guide to Less Screen Time, Better Memories, and a Life That Feels Real (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180414434)

What if summer felt real again?

Not optimized or overplanned. Not swallowed by screens, schedules, and the endless scroll.

Just real.

From Andrew Brandt, the award-winning author of Push: Embrace Process to Unlock Your Potential, An Americana Summer is a simple and practical field guide for anyone who wants to bring back the kind of summer that actually feels like summer: road trips, backyard cookouts, small-town stops, porch nights, ball caps, paperbacks, morning runs, kids playing outside, and memories that don't need to be posted to matter.

This isn't a book about doing more. It's about noticing more.

It's about choosing the scenic route. Eating outside. Keeping a cooler packed. Letting your kids get bored enough to discover something. Reading a real book. Taking the picture, then putting the phone away. Making ordinary days feel like something worth remembering.

Part reflection, part challenge, and part practical guide, Andrew Brandt's An Americana Summer will help you:

• Spend less of your summer staring at a screen
• Create simple family rituals that actually stick
• Turn ordinary weekends into real memories
• Build a summer "kit" that makes adventure easier
• Give your kids stories, not just entertainment
• Rediscover the texture, pace, and joy of real life

You don't need a huge vacation, a perfect itinerary, or a packed calendar to have a summer worth remembering.

You just need to step outside, pay attention, and make the ordinary feel alive again.

Make summer feel real again.