false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173131530m/249720.jpg 249720 1 'Subversive and a little bizarre around the edges....Awonderfully original and confident voice.' -Augusten Burroughs, author ofRunning with Scissors andDry In his unique, funny, and haunting reports from 'Elsewhere,' Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-dcor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall, or in the story of an armed man named Honey Bear in the hunt for his beloved but now missing sleeper sofa which he left in a store unit. Off Rampshows us America through the humorous gaze of Hank Stuever, who finds beauty in the midst of the most unlikely and invisible lives and places. 241973 1 7 2005 Off Ramp: Adventures And Heartache In The American Elsewhere total:46|5:9|4:22|3:10|2:4|1:1| 46 172 77 9 4 2 false false Wed May 23 14:17:54 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 14:18:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 16 00:49:19 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 12 14:46:33 -0800 2008 Hank Stuever is a writer for the Washington Post's Style section. He writes thoughtful, sometimes hauntingly beautiful essays about people, places and things we don't expect to read thoughtful, hauntingly beautiful essays about. Funeral homes set up in strip malls. Plastic chairs. A 30-year-old wate...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Dec 27 19:04:05 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 19:08:12 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Nov 30 08:06:59 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 24 12:19:39 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 20:02:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 22:09:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 13:27:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 13:30:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 12 10:31:01 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 10:32:29 -0700 2008 3 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 11:57:57 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 11:59:01 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jan 23 07:48:51 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 07:49:41 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 07:01:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 07:01:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 08:32:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 08:32:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 04:29:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 04:29:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 14:42:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 14:42:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 17:11:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 17:11:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 17:57:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:57:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 17:08:54 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:40:07 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:03:11 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:03:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 11:46:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:46:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 13 09:05:07 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:05:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 08:25:04 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 19:28:21 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=249720