{"product_id":"9780385720441","title":"Hungry for the World: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the critically acclaimed \u003cb\u003eIn the Wilderness\u003c\/b\u003e, comes a riveting new narrative of self-discovery and personal triumph. \u003cb\u003eHungry for the World\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of how an intelligent and passionate young woman, yearning for an understanding of the world beyond her insular family life, found her way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the day of her 1976 high school graduation in Lewiston, Idaho, Kim Barnes decided she could no longer abide the patriarchal domination of family and church. After a disagreement with her father–a logger and fervent adherent to the Pentecostal Christian faith–she gathered her few belongings and struck out on her own. She had no skills and no funds, but she had the courage and psychological sturdiness to make her way, and to eventually survive the influence of a man whose dominance was of a different and more menacing sort. \u003cb\u003eHungry for the World\u003c\/b\u003e is a classic story of the search for knowledge and its consequences, both dire and beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012436574448,"sku":"9780385720441","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385720441_p0.jpg?v=1763695379","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385720441","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}