{"product_id":"hungry-for-the-world-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Hungry for the World: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e by Tara Westover are sure to fall for this \"beautifully written\" narrative (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review) \u003c\/i\u003eof self-discovery and personal triumph from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir \u003ci\u003eIn the Wilderness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of how an intelligent and passionate young woman, yearning for an understanding of the world beyond her insular family life, found her way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the day of her 1976 high school graduation in Lewiston, Idaho, Kim Barnes decided she could no longer abide the patriarchal domination of family and church. After a disagreement with her father-a logger and fervent adherent to the Pentecostal Christian faith-she gathered her few belongings and struck out on her own. She had no skills and no funds, but she had the courage and psychological sturdiness to make her way, and to eventually survive the influence of a man whose dominance was of a different and more menacing sort. \u003ci\u003eHungry for the World \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic story of the search for knowledge and its consequences, both dire and beautiful.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the critically acclaimed In the Wilderness, comes a riveting new narrative of self-discovery and personal triumph. Hungry for the World is the story of how an intelligent and passionate young woman, yearning for an understanding of the world beyond her insular family life, found her way. \u003cbr\u003eOn the day of her 1976 high school graduation in Lewiston, Idaho, Kim Barnes decided she could no longer abide the patriarchal domination of family and church. After a disagreement with her father-a logger and fervent adherent to the Pentecostal Christian faith-she gathered her few belongings and struck out on her own. She had no skills and no funds, but she had the courage and psychological sturdiness to make her way, and to eventually survive the influence of a man whose dominance was of a different and more menacing sort. Hungry for the World is a classic story of the search for knowledge and its consequences, both dire and beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIM BARNES is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eFinding Caruso\u003c\/i\u003e and two memoirs, \u003ci\u003eIn the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country--\u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize--and \u003ci\u003eHungry for the World\u003c\/i\u003e. She is coeditor with Mary Clearman Blew of \u003ci\u003eCircle of Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Western Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, and with Claire Davis of \u003ci\u003eKiss Tomorrow Hello: Notes from the Midlife Underground by Twenty-Five Women Over Forty\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays, stories, and poems have appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review, Shenandoah, MORE magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She teaches writing at the University of Idaho and lives with her husband, the poet Robert Wrigley, on Moscow Mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192525832441,"sku":"9780385720441","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tActpXmQPd9780385720441.webp?v=1767899134","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hungry-for-the-world-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}