{"product_id":"lifelines-searching-for-home-in-the-mountains-of-greece","title":"Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Remarkable….Prose this good deserves celebration.”—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of shelter, generosity and welcome—and a courageous leap into a new life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn the summer of 2000, Julian Hoffman and his wife Julia found themselves disillusioned with city life. Overwhelmed by long commutes, they stumbled upon a book about Prespa, Greece—a remote corner of Europe filled with stone villages, snow-capped mountains and wildlife, which they would soon call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPrespa is a crossroads. Where three countries come together around two huge lakes, where limestone collides with granite and heat-pulsing Mediterranean ecosystems meet their colder, Balkan relatives. Here, languages, wartime histories and rivers converge, and pelicans, bears and people leave their footprints on the water’s edge—next to unexploded bombs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLifelines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is not only the tale of a courageous leap into a new life, but of seasons punctuated by unforgettable encounters, from a stare-down with a bear surrounded by spring wildflowers to a deep-winter meeting with fourteen wrens sheltering above a frozen doorway. And into this place encircled by mountains, Julian seamlessly weaves an intricate web of stories – of conflict and possibility; of refuge lost and found; of the wild lifelines that connect us all as we move through the world seeking a home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46827200708818,"sku":"9781567928419","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46817323122898,"sku":"8e34930a-92d9-3f97-8357-35e52ad08073","price":29.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_2f0282d0-91c3-4dd6-be66-a6809135ea04.jpg?v=1776189694","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/lifelines-searching-for-home-in-the-mountains-of-greece","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}