{"product_id":"now-you-see-the-sky-9781617756665","title":"Now You See the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Murray's lucid meditations and living-in-the-moment attitude -- e.g., providing simple pleasures like a favorite food to a sick child -- serve as useful reminders to all of us that life is precious and fleeting and must be enjoyed to the fullest. It's a simple message but an important one. As much a eulogy to Chan as a testament to the joy of life, the book is a heartwarming tale of dealing with life-altering loss . . . A tender, love-filled story of how one woman dealt with the loss of a young child.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An extraordinary memoir. Forthright, honest and haunting . . . Murray's memoir is wise and enlightened.\" \u003cem\u003e--Portland Press Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about love, motherhood, and loss. When Catharine H. Murray travels to a small town on the banks of the Mekong River to work at a refugee camp, she falls in love and marries a local man with whom she has three sons. When their middle son is diagnosed with cancer at age five, their pursuit of a cure takes them from Thailand to Seattle, before they eventually return to Thailand, settling on a remote mountaintop. Full of honesty and grace, \u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky \u003c\/em\u003e-- the debut selection in Ann Hood's new Gracie Belle imprint -- allows the reader to witness the fathomless loss of a child and learn how tragedy can transform us, expand our vision, and make us more fully alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut selection of Ann Hood's new nonfiction imprint with Akashic, Gracie Belle. Modeled after her experience writing the memoir \u003cem\u003eComfort: A Journey Through Grief\u003c\/em\u003e, and named after her daughter, Grace, Hood's imprint reaffirms for authors and readers that none of us is alone in our journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gracie Belle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617756665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catharine H. Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507552186549,"sku":"9781617756665","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de524193-9049-444b-acaa-db6ce96ccbd2.jpg?v=1778565721","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/now-you-see-the-sky-9781617756665","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}