{"product_id":"a-hard-place-to-leave-stories-from-a-restless-life","title":"A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intrepid and empathetic, gifted with the dispassionate gaze of a born observer...a harmonious collage of worldview and character, a wunderkammer of experiences in a life fully lived.\" --Melissa Febos, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Lowell Thomas Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it's her\u003cbr\u003elushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Washington\u003cbr\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003eRestless to leave, eager to return: this memoir in essays captures the unrelenting pull between the past and the present, between traveling the world and staying home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting in a dreary Moscow hotel room in 1983, weaving back and forth to rural New England, and\u003cbr\u003e ending on a West Texas trail in 2020, Marcia DeSanctis tells stories \u003cbr\u003ethat span the globe and half a lifetime. With intimacy and depth, over \u003cbr\u003equicksand in France, insomnia in Cambodia, up a volcano in Rwanda, \u003cbr\u003espinning through the eye of a snowstorm in Bismarck, and atop a dumpster\u003cbr\u003e in her own backyard, this \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\u003cbr\u003e us in places waiting to be experienced and some that may be more than \u003cbr\u003ewe're up for. She encounters spies, angels, leopards, shoes, the odd \u003cbr\u003erattlesnake, a random head of state, and many times over, the ghosts of \u003cbr\u003eher past. Each subsequent voyage leads to revelations about her search \u003cbr\u003efor solitude, a capacity for adventure, and always, a longing for home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Travelers' Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000212172989,"sku":"BS-TC0-522063","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781609522063-HD.jpg?v=1786800395","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/a-hard-place-to-leave-stories-from-a-restless-life","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}