{"product_id":"a-hard-place-to-leave-stories-from-a-restless-life-1","title":"A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life","description":"“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, The New York Times\n\nWinner of the 2023 Lowell Thomas Award\n\n“DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it’s her lushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read.” —The Washington Post\nVogue's Best Books of 2022\nThe Washington Post’s Best Travel Books of 2022\n\nRestless 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.\nStarting in a dreary Moscow hotel room in 1983, weaving back and forth to rural New England, and ending on a West Texas trail in 2020, Marcia DeSanctis tells stories that span the globe and half a lifetime. With intimacy and depth, over quicksand in France, insomnia in Cambodia, up a volcano in Rwanda, spinning through the eye of a snowstorm in Bismarck, and atop a dumpster in her own backyard, this New York Times bestselling author, award-winning essayist and journalist for Vogue and Travel + Leisure immerses us in places waiting to be experienced and some that may be more than we’re up for. She encounters spies, angels, leopards, shoes, the odd rattlesnake, a random head of state, and many times over, the ghosts of her past. Each subsequent voyage leads to revelations about her search for solitude, a capacity for adventure, and always, a longing for home.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1609522060\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1609522060.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:DeSanctis, Marcia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41435249705018,"sku":"DBV.1609522060.G","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1609522060-0_8aad8443-f388-4ea5-bc23-047c96d52c14.jpg?v=1779995936","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-hard-place-to-leave-stories-from-a-restless-life-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}