{"product_id":"book-cc98","title":"Norwich","description":"The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country—and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three thousand residents, has sent an athlete to almost every Winter Olympics for the past thirty years—and three times that athlete has returned with a medal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How does Norwich do it? To answer this question, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Karen Crouse moved to Vermont, immersing herself in the lives of Norwich Olympians past and present. There, amidst the organic farms and clapboard colonial buildings, she discovered a culture that’s the opposite of the hypercompetitive schoolyard of today’s tiger moms and eagle dads. In Norwich, kids aren’t cut from teams. They don’t specialize in a single sport, and they even root for their rivals. What’s more, their hands-off parents encourage them to simply enjoy themselves. Making it to the Olympics is seen not as the pinnacle of an athlete’s career but as a fun stop on the way to achieving other, longer-lasting dreams. Norwich, Crouse realized, wasn’t just raising better athletes than the rest of America; it was raising happier, healthier kids.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFull of inspiring stories of Olympians who excelled on and off the sports field—and had a blast doing so—\u003ci\u003eNorwich\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for every parent who wants to raise kids to be levelheaded, fulfilled, and successful.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347339059504,"sku":"BDcc98","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/276729-cc98-Square.jpg?v=1734202084","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cc98","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}