{"product_id":"dear-exile-the-story-of-a-friendship-separated-for-a-year-by-an-ocean-9780375703676","title":"Dear Exile: The Story of a Friendship Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean","description":"A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClose friends and former college roommates, Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery promised to write when Kate's Peace Corps assignment took her to Africa. Over the course of a single year, they exchanged an offbeat and moving series of letters from rural Kenya to New York City and back again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate, an idealistic teacher, meets unexpected realities ranging from poisonous snakes and vengeful cows to more serious hazards: a lack of money for education; a student body in revolt. Hilary, braving the singles scene in Manhattan, confronts her own realities, from unworthy suitors to job anxiety and first apartment woes. Their correspondence tells--with humor, warmth, and vivid personal detail--the story of two young women navigating their twenties in very different ways, and of the very special friendships we are sometimes lucky enough to find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Liftin,Kate Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375703676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/08\/1999 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999 pg. 1287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 698\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1999 pg. 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilary Liftin grew up in Washington, DC. In 1991 she graduated from Yale University, where she was the editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. She has worked in book publishing as an associate editor of nonfiction and literary fiction and as an editor\/producer at several websites. She currently develops online products for Muze, a provider of digital information about music, videos and books, in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate Montgomery was raised in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She studied at Yale and Columbia Universiities, and has spent time teaching in both Czechoslovakia and Kenya. Kate has previously co-authored a non-fiction book A Teacher's Guide to Standardized Reading Tests. She is currently on leave from her job as a high school English teacher in Harlem to raise, with her husband David Hackenburg, their new son, Kobi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50525744070771,"sku":"9780375703676","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5b3bcee9-6bc5-4480-9433-e04cd6b00aa2.jpg?v=1790250292","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/dear-exile-the-story-of-a-friendship-separated-for-a-year-by-an-ocean-9780375703676","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}