{"product_id":"never-in-a-hurry-essays-on-people-and-places-9781570030826","title":"Never in a Hurry: Essays on People and Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePotluck suppers with could-be relatives, junkets to exotic locales, and the importance of strangers in our lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNever in a Hurry\u003c\/i\u003e the poet Naomi Shihab Nye resist the American inclination to \"leave toward places when we barely had time enough to get there.\" Instead she travels the world at an observant pace, talking to strangers and introducing readers to an endearing assemblage of eccentric neighbors, Filipina faith healers, dry-cleaning proprietors, and other quirky characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Palestinian-American who lives in a Mexican-American neighborhood, Nye speaks for the mix of people and places that can be called the \"American Experience.\" From St. Louis, the symbolic \"Gateway to the West,\" she embarks on a westward migration to examine America, past and present, and to glimpse into the lives of its latest outsiders--illegal immigrants from Mexico and troubled inner-city children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn other essays Nye ventures beyond North America's bounds, telling of a year in her childhood spent in Palestine and of an adulthood filled with cross-cultural quests. Whether recounting the purchase of a car on the island of Oahu or a camel-back ride through India's Thar Desert, Nye writes in wry, refreshing tones about themes that transcend borders and about the journey that remains the greatest of all--the journey from outside to in as the world enters each one of us, as we learn to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1996 pg. 1875\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1996 pg. 142\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naomi Shihab Nye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351298597045,"sku":"9781570030826","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7fb458c4-ce4e-45d5-9e68-dcaab28d7598.jpg?v=1746540904","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/never-in-a-hurry-essays-on-people-and-places-9781570030826","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}