{"product_id":"now-you-see-the-sky-catharine-h-murray-9781617757501","title":"Now You See the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Murray's lucid meditations and living-in-the-moment attitude -- e.g., providing simple pleasures like a favorite food to a sick child -- serve as useful reminders to all of us that life is precious and fleeting and must be enjoyed to the fullest. It's a simple message but an important one. As much a eulogy to Chan as a testament to the joy of life, the book is a heartwarming tale of dealing with life-altering loss . . . A tender, love-filled story of how one woman dealt with the loss of a young child.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An extraordinary memoir. Forthright, honest and haunting . . . Murray's memoir is wise and enlightened.\" \u003cem\u003e--Portland Press Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about love, motherhood, and loss. When Catharine H. Murray travels to a small town on the banks of the Mekong River to work at a refugee camp, she falls in love and marries a local man with whom she has three sons. When their middle son is diagnosed with cancer at age five, their pursuit of a cure takes them from Thailand to Seattle, before they eventually return to Thailand, settling on a remote mountaintop. Full of honesty and grace, \u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky \u003c\/em\u003e-- the debut selection in Ann Hood's new Gracie Belle imprint -- allows the reader to witness the fathomless loss of a child and learn how tragedy can transform us, expand our vision, and make us more fully alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow You See the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut selection of Ann Hood's new nonfiction imprint with Akashic, Gracie Belle. Modeled after her experience writing the memoir \u003cem\u003eComfort: A Journey Through Grief\u003c\/em\u003e, and named after her daughter, Grace, Hood's imprint reaffirms for authors and readers that none of us is alone in our journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catharine H. Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617757500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617757501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gracie Belle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Catharine H. Murray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44129557676287,"sku":"9781617757501","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81cde93e-a5b3-4ca1-b395-de553419570e.jpg?v=1687464564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/now-you-see-the-sky-catharine-h-murray-9781617757501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}