{"product_id":"2940045357654","title":"The Knowledgeable Lion: Poems and Prose by the Unfeeling Doctor in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have always yearned to visit Africa.\u003cbr\u003eI want to watch lions prowl in their natural habitat. I want to gaze into an elephant’s eyes and witness a wise matriarch who has traversed the continent. I want to sit quietly with the silverback gorillas.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, I finished medical school and residency, got married, and had kids. I dreamed of Africa, but figured it would stay a dream for another decade, until my teacher friend, Becky, said, “My school is going to South Africa. You could come.”\u003cbr\u003eThis is a short book of poems, mixed with occasional prose, about my travels in South Africa and Swaziland. From visiting a Mom and Baby clinic and surfing in Jeffrey’s Bay, to dissecting an impala in Moholoholo, to shopping in Swaziland, and culminating in a safari in Kruger National Park. Almost 100 percent as a tourist, instead of as a doctor. And that’s okay. As the African proverb says, “Travel teaches how to see.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110134169840,"sku":"2940045357654","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045357654_p0.jpg?v=1763678088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045357654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}