{"product_id":"blue-sky-kingdom-9781643139517","title":"Blue Sky Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eBruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't living; this wasn't him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter and head for the Himalaya.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlue Sky Kingdom, \u003c\/em\u003ewe follow Bruce and his family's remarkable three months journey, where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly evocative, \u003cem\u003eBlue Sky Kingdom \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the themes of modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom coupled with Bruce coming to terms with his elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's experience will strike a chord with any parent-from rushing to catch a train with the whole family to the wonderment and beauty that comes with experience the world anew with your children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Kirkby\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian writer, photographer and adventurer whose journeys span 80 countries and include traversing Iceland by foot, Mongolia by horseback, Arabia by camel and the Blue Nile Gorge by raft. Along the way he's been shot at in Borneo, taken hostage in Ethiopia, and imprisoned by Myanmar's army. His writing has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOutside Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is listed among 'the nation's top modern day explorers' by Canadian Geographic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862229192978,"sku":"9781643139517","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60d21e39-12de-4f09-87be-9eee8efa817f.jpg?v=1737617630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-sky-kingdom-9781643139517","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}