{"product_id":"where-the-world-was-rosemary-sullivan-9781773102818","title":"Where the World Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories.\" -- Margaret Atwood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to \"meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, \u003ci\u003eWhere the World Was\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether writing about a solo vacation inside the Iron Curtain, meeting the reclusive writer Elizabeth Smart in a dilapidated cottage in the English countryside, reflecting on how Chilean society responded to Pinochet's coup, or tracking down the people who knew Svetlana Alliluyeva for \u003ci\u003eStalin's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, Sullivan delivers a master class in cultural studies, human rights advocacy, and empathy for the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosemary Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773102818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773102818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.71d","brand":"Rosemary Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245168587007,"sku":"9781773102818","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27f589d8-ba22-4309-a64c-ce8aaf268bc1.jpg?v=1693926522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-the-world-was-rosemary-sullivan-9781773102818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}