{"product_id":"the-same-river-twice-pam-mandel-9781510760059","title":"The Same River Twice: A Memoir of Dirtbag Backpackers, Bomb Shelters, and Bad Travel","description":"\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed travel writer Pam Mandel's thrilling account of a life-defining journey from the California suburbs to Israel to the Himalayan peaks and back.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Given the choice, Pam Mandel would say no and stay home. It was getting her nowhere, so she decided to say yes. Yes to hard work and hitch-hiking, to mean boyfriends and dirty travel, to unfolding the map and walking to its edges. Yes to unknown countries, night shifts, language lessons, bad decisions, to anything to make her feel real, visible, alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A product of beige California suburbs, Mandel was overlooked and unexceptional. When her father ships her off on a youth group tour of Israel, he inadvertently catapults his seventeen-year-old daughter into a world of angry European backpackers, seize-the-day Israelis, and the fall out of cold war-era politics. Border violence hadn't been on the birthright tour agenda. But then neither had domestic violence, going broke, getting wasted, getting sick, or getting lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With no guidance and no particular plan, utterly unprepared for what lies ahead, Mandel says yes to everything and everyone, embarking on an adventure across three continents and thousands of miles, from a cold water London flat to rural Pakistan, from the Nile River Delta to the snowy peaks of Ladakh and finally, back home to California, determined to shape a life that is truly hers.\u003cbr\u003e An extraordinary memoir of going away and growing up, \u003ci\u003e The Same River Twice\u003c\/i\u003e follows Mandel's tangled journey and shows how travel teaches and changes us, even while it helps us become exactly who we have been all along. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pam Mandel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510760059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510760059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 91","brand":"Pam Mandel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994404684031,"sku":"9781510760059","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0401933-e1c5-4d4e-a6bc-36888b8634e7.jpg?v=1683329951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-same-river-twice-pam-mandel-9781510760059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}