{"product_id":"memorandum-from-the-iowa-cloud-joseph-g-peterson-9781609388775","title":"Memorandum from the Iowa Cloud Appreciation Society","description":"When his girlfriend, Rosemary, asks about his life, Jim Moore, a successful salesman whose territory covers the entire continental United States and parts of Canada, doesn't think there is anything to say and so he tells her \"nothing happened,\" or maybe he doesn't know how to put it all into words or maybe he doesn't want to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stuck in an airport because of blizzard conditions, and packed into a crowded terminal with other travelers, Moore has come to believe that his life is not worth reporting about because it has largely been a life lived without incident. However, chance encounters with a yoga instructor, a man traveling to bury his mother, and an enigmatic woodsman reawaken long dormant emotions about his father's suicide and cause Jim to newly reflect on his own life and on a memorandum that he later discovered in his deceased father's papers, which lists all the names of the clouds, and which Jim now, from time to time, recants as if it were his own private kaddish to memorialize his lost father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like the pilgrims in Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e who pass the time telling stories while stranded in the Tabard Inn, \u003ci\u003eMemorandum from the Iowa Cloud Appreciation Society \u003c\/i\u003etells the tale of a traveling salesman and what really happened over the course of his forty- six years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph G. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609388771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609388775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Joseph G. Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073030287615,"sku":"9781609388775","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0694258f-a1c0-4204-9c7e-1c338eba6aab.jpg?v=1685445388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memorandum-from-the-iowa-cloud-joseph-g-peterson-9781609388775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}