{"product_id":"a-hard-place-to-leave-stories-from-a-restless-life-hardcover","title":"A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia DeSanctis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eIn these essays, Marcia simultaneously navigates\u003cbr\u003ethe globe while carving out a second career as a travel writer for major\u003cbr\u003emagazines, while navigating her own past and the bumpy and sometimes complicated\u003cbr\u003eroad of midlife.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eMarcia's voice has quiet power, restraint and unadulterated\u003cbr\u003ehonesty. She is unafraid to reveal her vulnerabilities, hurts and failures. Her\u003cbr\u003enarrative style has won her many accolades, including five Lowell Thomas Awards\u003cbr\u003efor excellence in travel journalism, and the 2021 Solas Award for Travel Story\u003cbr\u003eof the year.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eAbove all, her stories are about restlessless, \u003cbr\u003ethe human desire to keep moving. As such, her stories have joyful exuberance\u003cbr\u003eand a sense of wonder, and pack a strong emotional punch.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eThe essays appeal to anyone who craves a strong\u003cbr\u003estorytelling voice, especially from a writer with an astonishing lifetime of\u003cbr\u003estories -- working for Barbara Walters at ABC News, and traveling the world as\u003cbr\u003ean international journalist.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eThese rich essays dig deep into human vulnerability, \u003cbr\u003eand concern the intersection of time and place, home and the road, the past and\u003cbr\u003ethe present, and will ignite the readers' imagination.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eMarcia is an experienced working journalist, and\u003cbr\u003eis deeply cognizant of cultural sensitivities. With a master's degree in foreign\u003cbr\u003epolicy from Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, she also comes to her\u003cbr\u003ework with high intellectual awareness. Though her writing is full of wonder, her work as a traveler is not about what she discovers, \u003cbr\u003eespecially in developing countries, but rather, what the place helps her\u003cbr\u003ediscover about \u003ci\u003eherself.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eMany of these essays have been published in\u003cbr\u003eleading outlets: \u003ci\u003eVogue, Travel + Leisure, BBC, Town \u0026amp; Country, LitHub, The\u003cbr\u003eMillions, Creative Nonfiction, The New York Times, Air Mail, \u003c\/i\u003e to name but a few, \u003cbr\u003eand Marcia retains excellent relationships with her editors in these\u003cbr\u003epublications.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eMarcia's prior book, \u003ci\u003e100 PLACES IN FRANCE EVERY\u003cbr\u003eWOMAN SHOULD GO\u003c\/i\u003e, debuted as a \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Travel Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eAll of these essays, some in a memoir format\u003cbr\u003eabout people she met long ago in her travels as a foreign correspondent, were\u003cbr\u003ewritten between the ages of 50 and 60. Women, especially women of a certain age, \u003cbr\u003eare hungry for inspiring, literary stories told by someone relatable, whom they\u003cbr\u003etrust. Women are 13 percent more likely than men to have read a book in the last year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eBooks of essays are ideally suited for our\u003cbr\u003eattention-challe\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcia DeSanctis\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, essayist, and author of \u003ci\u003e100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go\u003c\/i\u003e, a New York Times travel bestseller. She has won five Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers and is the recipient of two Grand Prize Solas Awards including the 2021 Gold Award for Travel Story of the Year. Before becoming a writer, she was a television news producer for ABC, NBC and CBS News. 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