{"product_id":"the-slow-road-north-how-i-found-peace-in-an-improbable-country-9780358097457","title":"The Slow Road North: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the \"wonderfully funny and openhearted\" (NPR) \u003cem\u003eDrinking with Men\u003c\/em\u003e comes a poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful book--equal parts memoir and social history--that follows the author, after a series of tragic losses, to Northern Ireland, where she finds a path toward healing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie Schaap had a solid career as a journalist and a life that looked to others like nonstop fun: all drinking and dining and traveling to beautiful places--and getting paid to write about it. But under the surface she was reeling from the loss of her husband and her mother--who died just one year apart. Caring for them had claimed much of her daily life in her late thirties. Mourning them would take longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't until a reporting trip took her to the Northern Irish countryside that Rosie found a partner to heal with: Glenarm, a quiet, seaside village in County Antrim. That first visit made such an impression she returned to make a life. This unlikely place--in a small, tough country mainly associated with sectarian strife--gave her a measure of peace that had seemed impossible elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving personal narrative and social history, \u003cem\u003eThe Slow Road North\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving and wise look at how a community can offer the key to healing. It's a portrait of a complicated place at a pivotal time--through Brexit, a historic school integration, and a pandemic--and a love letter to a village and a culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358097457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rosie Schaap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337904582837,"sku":"9780358097457","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_155a099b-90c2-433d-8a4f-9abbc9cb2fe7.jpg?v=1719329730","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-slow-road-north-how-i-found-peace-in-an-improbable-country-9780358097457","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}