For five years, James and Deborah Fallows travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. From Fresno to Rapid City, and from Pittsburgh to Greenville, the Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Going well beyond the airports and into the hearts of these communities, this book is a tribute to the energy, the generosity, and the compassion of the people who are making things better.