{"product_id":"sour-cherries-at-buc-ee-s","title":"Sour Cherries at Buc-ee’s","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWhat do sour cherries, a subway reprimand in Moscow, and an imaginary alligator named Fluffy have in common? In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSour Cherries at Buc-ee’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Mark Elberfeld invites readers on a deeply personal—and often unexpectedly funny—journey through memory, movement, and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a seventh-grade retreat on the Mattaponi River to the surreal vastness of a Buc-ee’s gas station, Elberfeld traces the threads of identity, place, and connection. Whether he’s reflecting on summer camp, road trips in an electric car, the quiet radicalism of hospitality, or a friend’s hauntingly beautiful art show, his essays linger in that liminal space between the ordinary and the profound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith humor, honesty, and a teacher’s instinct for drawing meaning from mess, Elberfeld explores what it means to leave, to return, to remember, and to reframe. For anyone who’s ever found themselves crying in a parking lot, questioning the shape of freedom, or chasing summer like a white whale—this book might just be the life ring you didn’t know you needed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Mark Elberfeld's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSour Cherries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we meet something to relish: an unrelenting mind on the page. Here, we travel to summer camp, to Switzerland, to Vermont, and that dreaded region: chemistry class. Humorous and meditative, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSour Cherries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ponders that age-old quandary: Why must we travel away to really understand who we are, at home, in ourselves? Building in tension, with wide-ranging material from Frankenstein and Walt Whitman to Shawna Miller and getting a rental car, Sour Cherries is a delight that explores all the complexities of human emotion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Taylor Brorby, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[C]aught as we all are in this politically divisive moment, as distrust and cynicism hold sway, Elberfeld’s sensibilities could not be more timely or necessary. The writer’s curiosity and good-will, whether among friends or strangers, offer the rare alternative of civility across difference.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Laurie Clark\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913670222015,"sku":"08576066-199b-4d79-8a72-9858ea907702","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/bf736aa9505d69b78453888dcd15bd59.jpg?v=1785050106","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/sour-cherries-at-buc-ee-s","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}