{"product_id":"the-tenth-island-finding-joy-beauty-and-unexpected-love-in-the-azores","title":"The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores","description":"From a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean Islands of the Atlantic Ocean.\nReporter Diana Marcum is in crisis. A long-buried personal sadness is enfolding her―and her career is stalled―when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California. She follows them on their annual return to the remote Azorean Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where bulls run down village streets, volcanoes are active, and the people celebrate festas to ease their saudade, a longing so deep that the Portuguese word for it can’t be fully translated.\nYears later, California is in a terrible drought, the wildfires seem to never end, and Diana finds herself still dreaming of those islands and the chuva―a rain so soft you don’t notice when it begins or ends.\nWith her troublesome Labrador retriever, Murphy, in tow, Diana returns to the islands of her dreams only to discover that there are still things she longs for―and one of them may be a most unexpected love.\nAn Amazon Charts Most Read book.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1503941310\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1503941310.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Marcum, Diana\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43646433329213,"sku":"BVV.1503941310.G","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1503941310-0.jpg?v=1789768147","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-tenth-island-finding-joy-beauty-and-unexpected-love-in-the-azores","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}