{"product_id":"it-seemed-a-good-idea-martin-lloyd-9798992717822","title":"It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time: Searching For My Second Summer","description":"\u003cem\u003eIt Seemed A Good Idea At The Time\u003c\/em\u003e, is the second volume of my memoirs, after a horrendous motorcycle crash in England, which almost ended my life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first volume, \u003cem\u003eSearching For The Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, details the five years of my recovery after the crash. I had to cope with a complete leg amputation, permanent damage to an arm and the loss of all my licenses to operate vehicles, motorbikes, trucks and airplanes. In addition, my wife decided to move on to new pastures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI made my own decision to move to new pastures by emigrating to the United States, where the opportunities, climate and facilities were much better than in the Victorian land of my birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Seemed A Good Idea At The Time\u003c\/em\u003e begins the day after \u003cem\u003eSearching For The Summer\u003c\/em\u003e ends and tells the story of a disabled immigrant starting life anew in a foreign land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will share with me my journey through dating, living, making friends and getting married, as well as many other things that I experienced in the years following my arrival on the shores of the United States of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992717822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fly Boy 1 Leg Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Martin Lloyd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962360942847,"sku":"9798992717822","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad0cc61a-816c-4d0e-a1bc-614a97fca6b9.jpg?v=1750650125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-seemed-a-good-idea-martin-lloyd-9798992717822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}