{"product_id":"a-hard-place-to-leave-9781609522087","title":"A Hard Place to Leave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Intrepid and empathetic, gifted \nwith the dispassionate gaze of a born observer…a  harmonious collage of \nworldview and character, a wunderkammer of experiences in a life fully \nlived.” —Melissa Febos, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Lowell Thomas Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it’s her\nlushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read.” \u003ci\u003e—The Washington\nPost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003es Best Travel Books of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRestless\n to leave, eager to return: this memoir in essays captures the \nunrelenting pull between the past and the present, between traveling the\n world and staying home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStarting in a dreary Moscow hotel room in 1983, weaving back and forth to rural New England, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\n ending on a West Texas trail in 2020, Marcia DeSanctis tells stories \nthat span the globe and half a lifetime. With intimacy and depth, over \nquicksand in France, insomnia in Cambodia, up a volcano in Rwanda, \nspinning through the eye of a snowstorm in Bismarck, and atop a dumpster\n in her own backyard, this\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, award-winning essayist and journalist for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e immerses\n us in places waiting to be experienced and some that may be more than \nwe’re up for. She encounters spies, angels, leopards, shoes, the odd \nrattlesnake, a random head of state, and many times over, the ghosts of \nher past. Each subsequent voyage leads to revelations about her search \nfor solitude, a capacity for adventure, and always, a longing for home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcia DeSanctis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294823788795,"sku":"9781609522087","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781609522087.jpg?v=1772485390","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-hard-place-to-leave-9781609522087","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}