{"product_id":"the-forest-is-the-path-9780008751906","title":"The Forest Is the Path","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' - Bono\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' - The Irish Times\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eYou're falling through time so all I can do is fall with you.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe numbness had set in long before I sat at your bedside. But even with senses impaired as the flight touches down at Belfast City I can somehow still feel the screeching of wheels on tarmac scorching something deep into me. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Lightbody's phenomenal companion to Snow Patrol's No.1 Album of the same name is a remarkable work of narrative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Forest is the Path explores some of the main themes of the album; time, home, love, death and life, and serves as a prequel to the record, telling the story of his dad Jack's death. It tracks the journey he went on - a journey whose end seemed to unlock a part of Gary that had been dormant until he started to write songs again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis is the book that emerged from that time. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008751906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Gary Lightbody","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299150594229,"sku":"9780008751906","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7416260-8e9d-4ac8-814d-cd61b2aba99a.jpg?v=1751985510","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-forest-is-the-path-9780008751906","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}