{"product_id":"2940044623217","title":"A Place In The World","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in an emerald cloud forest in the final decades of the 1900’s this passionate novel reads like a South American \"Out of Africa\". \"A Place in the World\" is the romantic-adventure story of a young biologist and a multicultural cast of characters.\u003cbr\u003eAlicia, a young American expat, marries Colombian Jorge Carvallo and they settle on his family’s remote coffee finca (farm) in the Andes. Educated as a biologist, she revels in the surrounding cloud-forest. However, following an idyllic year, calamities strike one after another and their marriage begins to unravel. After a nomadic childhood, Alicia refuses to budge in spite of a volcanic eruption that nearly destroys the coffee crop and guerillas and drug-lords that loom in the background. Jorge leaves, but headstrong Alicia remains to salvage the coffee and ends up running the finca.\u003cbr\u003eA woman without a country in a man’s world, the initially naïve Alicia survives by her wit and determination. A passionate affair ensues with Peter, a rugged geologist whose work keeps him coming and going. She also forms a tight friendship with Carmen, the barefoot woman who has worked for the Carvallo family most of her life. Despite being separated by class and nationality, these two single mothers forge a strong bond.\u003cbr\u003eThe intricate web of events climaxes when Alicia finds herself in a life-threatening situation, ultimately forcing her to come to terms with herself and the unconventional life she has adopted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinda Crabbe MacKinnon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081764192496,"sku":"2940044623217","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044623217_p0.jpg?v=1763664815","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044623217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}