{"product_id":"as-you-were-hardcover","title":"As You Were - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore everything changed, this is how we lived.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between the last VHS rewind and the first endless scroll, a whole way of living slipped quietly into the past. As You Were brings it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these personal essays, Matt Gordon guides you to rural America from the 1980s through the early 2000s: the sugar-buzz chaos of the school bus, the cracked-concrete thrills of summer, the road trips in a van that felt like a moving house, and the small-town scenes of a bygone age that still feels a bit like growing up and coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon writes with warmth and a wink, but he does not flinch from all that memory carries with it: mix-ups, betrayals, strange religion, and the ache of time slipping away. As You Were offers something steadier than nostalgia-a familiar emotional current that pulls you toward your own stories, your own people, your own place. Through these pages, you'll hold yesterday without living there. You'll remember as you were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48533115994333,"sku":"9798891654655","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/x69TlXX72h9798891654655.webp?v=1788981214","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/as-you-were-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}