{"product_id":"the-view-from-breast-pocket-mountain-9780578696607","title":"The View From Breast Pocket Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemoir Book Awards GRAND PRIZE (2022)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner SPR Book Awards GOLD PRIZE (2020)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Readers Appreciation Group Medallion (2021)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrossing borders, cultures, creating home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe View from Breast Pocket Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique and previously untold story, a treasure trove of experiences crossing borders and cultures, creating a life, and finding contentment in a far-off country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a motherless teenager raised by a caring albeit strict father, we see Anton's developing awareness of the world beyond the boundaries of her New York City neighborhood before she goes on to live in a castle in 1960s Denmark and a cabin in 1970s Vermont. With a burning curiosity and vision of a life as yet unformed, she travels overland to Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and finally to the place she'll come to call home, Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is filled with unexpected encounters with the very famous and those unknown and unnamed. On a journey through marriage and motherhood, love, laughter, tragedy and hope, we follow along as Anton makes her way through a life unplanned but well lived. \u003cem\u003eThe View from Breast Pocket Mountain \u003c\/em\u003eis a story for our time, reminding the reader of our interconnectedness, our shared humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnton, Karen Hill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Karen Hill Anton, formerly a columnist for The Japan Times and the Japanese newspaper Chunichi Shimbun, is a cross-cultural competence consultant and coach. She lectures widely on her experience of cross-cultural adaptation and raising four bilingual, bicultural children. Originally from New York City, she's achieved second-degree mastery in Japanese calligraphy and has lived with her husband William Anton in rural Japan since 1975.","brand":"Karen Hill Anton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671428501778,"sku":"9780578696607","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_791142ef-b27d-4acd-bf54-b71c4d11a3fb.jpg?v=1733801171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-view-from-breast-pocket-mountain-9780578696607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}