{"product_id":"the-slow-road-north-how-i-found-peace-in-an-improbable-country-hardcover","title":"The Slow Road North: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosie Schaap\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eROSIE SCHAAP is the author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming a Sommelier\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDrinking with Men\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and NPR. She was a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and has also contributed to \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach, Saveur, This American Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.06 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751574208800,"sku":"9780358097457","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3d289cc2382c91d38f0c2f34b66deeab.webp?v=1779976201","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-slow-road-north-how-i-found-peace-in-an-improbable-country-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}