{"product_id":"book-hbgp","title":"A Hard Place to Leave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it's her lushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read.\" \u003cem\u003e-The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, award-winning essayist and journalist for \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTravel + Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49415009632560,"sku":"BDhbgp","price":13.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hbgp-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773531198","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hbgp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}