{"product_id":"the-way-around-finding-my-mother-and-myself-among-the-yanomami-paperback","title":"The Way Around: Finding My Mother and Myself Among the Yanomami - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Good\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in two vastly different cultures, a young man struggles to understand himself, find his place in the world, and reconnect with his mother--and her remote tribe in the deepest jungles of the Amazon rainforest--in this powerful memoir that combines adventure, history, and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My Yanomami family called me by name. Anyopo-we. What it means, I soon learned, is 'long way around' I'd taken the long way around obstacles to be here among my people, back where I started. A twenty-year detour.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor much of his young life, David Good was torn between two vastly different worlds. The son of an American anthropologist and a tribeswoman from a distant part of the Amazon, it took him twenty years to embrace his identity, reunite with the mother who left him when he was six, and claim his heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is Good's amazing chronicle of self-discovery. Moving from the wilds of the Amazonian jungle to the paved confines of suburban New Jersey and back, it is the story of his parents, his American scientist-father and his mother who could not fully adapt to the Western lifestyle. Good writes sympathetically about his mother's abandonment and the deleterious effect it had on his young self; of his rebellious teenage years marked by depression and drinking, and the near-fatal car accident that transformed him and gave him purpose to find a way back to his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling tale of recovery and discovery, \u003cem\u003eThe Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant, fascinating exploration of what family really means, and the way that the strongest bonds endure, even across decades and worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the wilds of the Amazonian jungle to the paved confines of suburban New Jersey and back, \u003cem\u003e The Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is David Good's amazing chronicle of self-discovery. It is also the story of his parents, as he relives his American anthropologist father's journey encountering the world of his mother, a Yanomami from a distant part of the Amazon, and his mother's painful struggle to adapt to a Western lifestyle. In this powerful memoir, David illuminates the pain of his mother's abandonment when he was only six, and the toll it took on his childhood; the rebellious teenage years marked by depression and drinking; and the near-fatal car accident that gave him purpose: to find a way back to his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of recovery and discovery combining adventure, history, and science, \u003cem\u003eThe Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating exploration of what family really means, and the way that the strongest bonds endure across decades and worlds.\u003c\/p\u003ejointhegoodproject.com--Carl Hoffman, author of \u003ci\u003eSavage Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the wilds of the Amazonian jungle to the paved confines of suburban New Jersey and back, \u003cem\u003e The Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is David Good's amazing chronicle of self-discovery. It is also the story of his parents, as he relives his American anthropologist father's journey encountering the world of his mother, a Yanomami from a distant part of the Amazon, and his mother's painful struggle to adapt to a Western lifestyle. In this powerful memoir, David illuminates the pain of his mother's abandonment when he was only six, and the toll it took on his childhood; the rebellious teenage years marked by depression and drinking; and the near-fatal car accident that gave him purpose: to find a way back to his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of recovery and discovery combining adventure, history, and science, \u003cem\u003eThe Way Around\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating exploration of what family really means, and the way that the strongest bonds endure across decades and worlds.\u003c\/p\u003ejointhegoodproject.com\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759299952928,"sku":"9780062382139","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aafce0a10e83fd63364a81bec087431d.webp?v=1780148575","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-way-around-finding-my-mother-and-myself-among-the-yanomami-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}