{"product_id":"run-me-to-earth-hardcover","title":"Run Me to Earth - Hardcover","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\u003ePaul Yoon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos--and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as \"one of those rare novels that stays with us to become a standard with which we measure other books.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlisak, Prany, and Noi--three orphans united by devastating loss--must do what is necessary to survive the perilous landscape of 1960s Laos. When they take shelter in a bombed out field hospital, they meet Vang, a doctor dedicated to helping the wounded at all costs. Soon the teens are serving as motorcycle couriers, delicately navigating their bikes across the fields filled with unexploded bombs, beneath the indiscriminate barrage from the sky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world where the landscape and the roads have turned into an ocean of bombs, we follow their grueling days of rescuing civilians and searching for medical supplies, until Vang secures their evacuation on the last helicopters leaving the country. It's a move with irrevocable consequences--and sets them on disparate and treacherous paths across the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning decades and magically weaving together storylines laced with beauty and cruelty, Paul Yoon crafts a gorgeous story that is a breathtaking historical feat and a fierce study of the powers of hope, perseverance, and grace.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Yoon is the author of six works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eEtna\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOnce the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book; \u003ci\u003eSnow Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Young Lions Fiction Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, an NPR Best Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eRun Me to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Must-Read Books of 2020 and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; and \u003ci\u003eThe Hive and the Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 20th Annual Story Prize and longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477725176115,"sku":"9781501154041","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/ifUxpqE_lz9781501154041.webp?v=1781587023","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/run-me-to-earth-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}