{"product_id":"north-9781419750427","title":"North","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerfully moving novel about the intertwined lives of a Vermont monk, a Somali refugee, and an Afghan war veteran by the author of the acclaimed memoir \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoat Song\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a late spring blizzard brews, Brother Christopher, a cloistered monk at Blue Mountain Monastery in Vermont, rushes to tend to his Ida Red and Northern Spy apple trees in advance of the unseasonal snowstorm. When the storm lands a young Somali refugee, Sahro Abdi Muse, at the monastery, Christopher is pulled back into the world as his life intersects with Sahro's and that of an Afghan war veteran in surprising and revealing ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e traces the epic journey of Sahro from her home in Somalia to South America, along the migrant route through Central America and Mexico, to New York City, and finally, her dangerous attempt to continue north to safety in Canada. It also compellingly traces the inner journeys of Brother Christopher, questioning his future in a world where the monastery way of life is waning, and of veteran Teddy Fletcher, seeking a way to make peace with his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in Brad Kessler's sharp, beautiful, and observant prose, and grounded in the author's own corner of Vermont, where there is a Carthusian monastery, a vibrant community of Somali asylum seekers, and a hole left after a disproportionate number of Vermont soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, \u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e gives voice to these invisible communities, delivering a story of human connection in a time of displacement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419750427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brad Kessler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942173814965,"sku":"9781419750427","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31d76086-11c5-4062-9845-93a38c0066dc.jpg?v=1630995965","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/north-9781419750427","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}