{"product_id":"9780983865391","title":"Passages Through Pakistan: An American Girl's Journey of Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e“I had grown up in Pakistan, was nurtured on her soil, took my first steps and said my first words there. Pakistan was a land that knew me before I had a recollection of ‘being;’ before I knew I was human.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemories of joy and pain, close friendships and loneliness interweave in this compelling portrait of an extraordinary childhood. In Passages Through Pakistan, Marilyn Gardner traces a journey of growing faith and emerging identity in a small missionary community. From the close quarters of boarding school, to the strangeness of furloughs in her parents’ native Massachusetts, this honest portrayal of a young girl’s struggles with faith, friendship, and belonging will resonate deeply with a wide range of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Gardner spent her childhood and adolescence in Pakistan and raised her five children in Pakistan and Egypt. She now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she works as a public health nurse with underserved immigrant communities. Marilyn is the author of Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging and blogs at Communicating Across Boundaries and A Life Overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doorlight Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024056303856,"sku":"9780983865391","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983865391_p0.jpg?v=1763881112","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983865391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}