Made a short post on my blog about Tracy Kidder and the nostalgia hole I've been in over the past few days.

https://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2026/03/tracy-kidder-rip

@jessamyn I adored that book, and the author, maybe not so much the protagonists.
Another Tracy Kidder winner:
https://paulenglish.com/truck/
And that protagonist is atypical.
A Truck Full of Money