{"product_id":"last-best-hope-george-packer-9781250849304","title":"Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemocracy seems to be teetering on the edge, and renowned author George Packer shines a spotlight on the fractures that led to today's prevalent feeling of American despair. \u003ci\u003eLast Best Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply observed exploration of the narratives that have shaped America: the individualistic Free America, the elitist Smart America, the nationalistic Real America, and Just America, fraught with inter-group oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the turbulence of 2020 as the backdrop, from the devastating pandemic to economic crises and contentious elections, the book presents an insightful dissection of America's social ethos. Each narrative is explored under his discerning lens, making a case for how they have collectively failed to sustain the country's democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo point a more hopeful way forward, Packer looks for a common American identity and finds it in the passion for equality--the \"hidden code\"--that Americans of diverse persuasions have held for centuries. Today, we are challenged again to fight for equality and renew what Alexis de Tocqueville called the art of self-government. In its strong voice and trenchant analysis, \u003ci\u003eLast Best Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential contribution to the literature of national renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Packer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250849306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250849304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"George Packer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988685455615,"sku":"9781250849304","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7cf0c0b6-9b6a-4651-849d-f73c7fd75fad.jpg?v=1683295807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-best-hope-george-packer-9781250849304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}