{"product_id":"the-body-in-the-clouds-9781501165115","title":"The Body in the Clouds","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Exquisite...a rich, meditative novel that explores the connectivity of people living in the same geographical space across the distance of time.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the \"exquisitely written and deeply felt\" (Geraldine Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Chord\u003c\/i\u003e) novel \u003ci\u003eThe Railwayman's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e comes a magical and gorgeously wrought tale of an astonishing event that connects three people across three hundred years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine you looked up at just the right moment and saw something completely unexpected. What if it was something so marvelous that it transformed time and space forever? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body in the Clouds \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of one such extraordinary moment--a man falling from the sky, and surviving--and of the three men who see it, in different ways and at different times, as they stand on the same piece of land. An astronomer in the 1700s, a bridge worker in the 1930s, and an expatriate banker returning home in the early twenty-first century: all three are transformed by this one magical event. And all three are struggling to understand what the meaning of \"home\" is, and how to recognize it once you're there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely praised for her \"poetic gifts\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"graceful, supremely honest, [and] thought-provoking\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) prose, Ashley Hay has crafted a luminous and unforgettable novel about the power of story, its ability to define the world around us, and the questions that transcend time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501165115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ashley Hay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291178303669,"sku":"9781501165115","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5b19d10e-87e8-419b-ac80-51d3e5996e86.jpg?v=1700541555","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-body-in-the-clouds-9781501165115","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}