{"product_id":"the-enjoy-agenda","title":"The Enjoy Agenda","description":"\u003cdiv\u003ePart memoir, part travelogue, \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from Rick Bailey’s one-stoplight town in Michigan farm country to Stratford, England, to the French Concession in Shanghai, the Adriatic coast of Italy, and to a small village in the Republic of San Marino. With his self-deprecating style, Bailey recalls the traumas of picture day in elementary school and lugging a guitar to the Cotswalds and back. He reflects on food safety in China, relives a dental emergency in Venice, and embarks on a quest for \u003ci\u003eil formaggio del perdono\u003c\/i\u003e (the cheese of forgiveness) in the hills above the Adriatic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bailey, whose voice is a combination of Dave Barry and Rick Steves with just a soupçon of Montaigne, writes with humor and wit about how these experiences reflect the issues and conflicts of contemporary American life: environmental change, life in digital times, and the vicissitudes of arriving at ripe old age. Throughout \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e Bailey asks, “Where am I and how did I get here?” a question less about geography than the difficulties and gifts of becoming a husband and ultimately a partner changed and improved by a very smart woman and challenged and delighted by a gradual but seismic culture shift.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rick Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615210529148,"sku":"9781496214690","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781496214690_2a632fb6-2cbf-4b7b-b37b-03b44a97014e.jpg?v=1726575001","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-enjoy-agenda","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}