{"product_id":"love-in-translation-letters-to-my-costa-rican-daughter-9780692809440","title":"Love in Translation: Letters to My Costa Rican Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a Phoenix schoolteacher buys a one-way ticket to Costa Rica, she gets pretty much what she hopes for: salvation on a bus, enlightenment in a taxi, and a serendipitous romp of a reporting career. What she doesn't see coming is a decade-long affair with the country's sly and hilarious street slang, whose wit and wisdom changes the way she sees life, love, and eventually motherhood. A delight for travel buffs, parents and linguists alike, Katherine Stanley Obando's ingenious and soulful phrasebook portrays a Costa Rica most tourists never see - and explains how what's lost in translation helped her find herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Love in Translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No one who loves Costa Rica should be without this delightful book - but it will also speak to anyone who has ever been far from home, or loved a child, or marveled at the power of language. 'Love in Translation' has earned a cherished and permanent spot on my bookshelf and in my heart.\" \u003cb\u003e-Oscar Arias, Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Delicious... Lovingly written, with luminous joy.\" \u003cb\u003e-Carlos Arauz, author of Costa Rica: leyendas y tradiciones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is cross culture at its most charming.\" \u003cb\u003e-Henrietta Boggs, Former Costa Rican First Lady, author of Married to a Legend: Don Pepe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"She has taught us a valuable lesson: that our language and culture are rich and worthy of preservation. We must carry it in our souls. The pride of being Costa Rican, just the way we are.\" \u003cb\u003e-Mar a Mayela Padilla, National Culture Award-winning writer and folklorist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Stanley Obando is a writer, editor, translator, speechwriter and nonprofit communications specialist. A graduate of Harvard College and a former Teach for America corps member, she moved to Costa Rica in 2004, where she has worked as a teacher, journalist and presidential adviser, and in various leadership positions within the nonprofit and education sectors. She is a co-founder of JumpStart Costa Rica, a project that provides intensive, free English camps and hands-on teacher training in low-income rural and urban areas. Katherine lives in San Jos? with her husband and daughter. Read more at www.katherinestanley.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tico Times Publications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872763220242,"sku":"9780692809440","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47a74ad2-cee5-47b4-8c94-eee3cd547f89.jpg?v=1737909137","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-in-translation-letters-to-my-costa-rican-daughter-9780692809440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}