{"product_id":"2940170809615","title":"A Heart in a Body in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach step on Annabelle's 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti's novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo that's what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She's not ready to think about the \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e yet, just the \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—\u003ci\u003eThe Taker\u003c\/i\u003e—that haunts her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn't her fault, but she can't feel the truth of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she'll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss...and what is to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160916279536,"sku":"2940170809615","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170809615_p0.jpg?v=1763718166","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170809615","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}