{"product_id":"steps-steeper-than-mountains-barry-schweiger-9798891327757","title":"Steps Steeper Than Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is time for a senior's tale. \u003cem\u003eSteps Steeper Than Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e is neither a 'how-to' nor a spiritual guide but an inspirational memoir of a grieving senior from the U.S. shuffling alone for four weeks through Europe who, through beauty, wine, sex, sorrow, and duress, enters a new, restored life. Themes include growth through grieving, the joy of art and beauty, being lost in massive airports, finding endurance, and accepting aging's decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a senior enriched with decades of roller coaster experiences, \u003cem\u003eSteps Steeper Than Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e presents a quintessential Hero's journey in the classic sense whose ending births a beginning. \u003cem\u003eSteps Steeper Than Mountains \u003c\/em\u003evisually and emotively catapults the reader through this cathartic journey from the first moments of identity-destroying grief, agonizingly restricted for two years by the Covid pandemic from honoring his wife's wishes to disburse her ashes in Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of \u003cem\u003eChronicles of Reluctant Widowers \u003c\/em\u003eby Gary Pelser, Luke Russet's NYT bestseller\u003cem\u003e Look for Me There...\u003c\/em\u003e, and Neil King Jr.'s \u003cem\u003eAmerican Ramble\u003c\/em\u003e, where seniors face the challenges of aging and grieving, will find this memoir captivating - as he strolls in fascinating cities, survives challenging situations, becomes involved with another woman for the first time in fifty years, and returning home finds vigor in the clean air of his new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Schweiger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891327757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atmosphere Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Barry Schweiger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611987788031,"sku":"9798891327757","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afa2d304-7593-40ca-9a75-7ea022701c78.jpg?v=1764517422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steps-steeper-than-mountains-barry-schweiger-9798891327757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}