Description
A vibrant portrait of America at play, this book travels across the country to explore how people spend Saturday night—and why the weekend’s traditional night out seems to amplify every pleasure, ambition, anxiety, and excess. From dancers and soldiers to college students, inmates, dieters, musicians, and beauty-pageant families, the author immerses herself in a wide range of communities and celebrations, revealing the striking variety of lives that make up the American panorama. Observant, curious, and richly reported, the book blends cultural exploration with intimate human stories to ask what people seek when they gather, escape, compete, work, or simply try to have a good time.
Available Editions
paperback
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Published Jan 1, 2011
290 pages
ISBN: 9781451661019
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First Published
1990
Language
eng
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