{"product_id":"you-could-be-happy-here-9781960573476","title":"You Could Be Happy Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow far would you go to find your true home? ​\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy-single, childless, in her thirties--studies insects and ecosystems, in part to make sense of human behavior. ​That hard-won insight is shattered when her mother dies prematurely, her sister claims the California family home, and Lucy learns that her biological father is apparently a Costa Rican they knew when the family spent summers in the coastal village of Palmita. ​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling, Lucy heads south in search of this phantom father.​ But he is nowhere to be found, and none of the locals seem to remember her. The dreamy, off-grid paradise she recalls from childhood has become a hard-edged town leery of outsiders. ​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Could be Happy Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of identity, belonging, and of opening your heart to a deeper understanding of kinship and home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVan Rheenen, Erin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eErin Van Rheenen\u003c\/b\u003e is a science, travel, and fiction writer with work in publications like \u003ci\u003eBBC Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest Women's Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. After earning a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a Masters from City University of New York, she left the US to see the world. She ended up in Costa Rica, where she lived for several years, soaking up the green and researching her relocation guide, \u003ci\u003eLiving Abroad in Costa Rica\u003c\/i\u003e and her children's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Manatee's Big Day\u003c\/i\u003e. For ten years she was Senior Writer at The Exploratorium, a science museum. Erin now lives in San Francisco.","brand":"Sibylline Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603274400018,"sku":"9781960573476","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3695ad6-5527-4852-b609-db943da2d1cf.jpg?v=1757432979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-could-be-happy-here-9781960573476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}