{"product_id":"a-woman-in-the-wild-9781648211126","title":"A Woman in the Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman in the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing and memorable portrait of a woman boldly facing her demons in pursuit of a meaningful life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A psychologist in crisis leaves her established practice in the city for an open-ended retreat in the mountains at the Institute for Healing and Transformation. Feeling lost, betrayed, and stricken by guilt not to have saved her daughter from sexual abuse, she hopes to find a new path to ease her pain and uncertainties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon after her arrival, a \"wild\" man who roamed the forest with a bear is brought to the institute. When the man is given to her care, she performs a suspenseful balancing as she seeks to heal him as well as herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hiking and meditating each day, she initiates an inner journey that shakes her free from the familiar. As the months pass, she engages her guilt and sorrow, confronts her failures, weighs the limits of therapy and self-forgiveness, and seeks to unleash the healing powers of the unconscious and of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will find this an absorbing and dramatic novel of abuse, resilience, and the quest for transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAD CRAWFORD\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eA Floating Life\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e On Wine-Dark Seas \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Money\u003c\/i\u003e and a dozen other nonfiction books. His stories and articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Caf? Irreal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommunication Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWriter's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. Crawford is the founder and publisher of Allworth Press. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award, he grew up in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York. He now lives in New York City and the Hudson Highlands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276607127826,"sku":"9781648211126","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b29bb367-5e4c-4d53-8666-b69d181fc168.jpg?v=1747132862","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-woman-in-the-wild-9781648211126","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}