{"product_id":"your-blue-is-not-my-blue-a-missing-person-memoir-9781542007917","title":"Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Aspen Matis, author of the acclaimed true story \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a bold and atmospheric memoir of a woman who--in searching for her vanished husband--discovers deeper purpose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAspen's and Justin's paths serendipitously aligned on the Pacific Crest Trail when both were walking from Mexico to Canada, separately and alone--both using thru-hiking in hopes of escaping their pasts. Both sought to redefine themselves beneath the stars. By the time they made it to the snowy Cascade Range of British Columbia--the trail's end--Aspen and Justin were in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbarking on a new pilgrimage the next summer, they returned to those same mossy mountains where they'd met, and they married. They built a world together, three years of a happy marriage. Until a cold November morning, when, after kissing Aspen goodbye, Justin left to attend the funeral of a close friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe never came back. As days became weeks, her husband's inexplicable absence left Aspen unmoored. Shock, grief, fear, and anger battled for control--but nothing prepared her for the disarming truth. A revelation that would lead Aspen to reassess not only her own life but that of the disappeared as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a brave and inspiring memoir of secrets kept and unearthed, of a vanishing that became a gift: a woman's empowering reclamation of unmitigated \u003ci\u003epurpose\u003c\/i\u003e in the surreal wake of mystifying loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatis, Aspen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAspen Matis is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, published by HarperCollins in 2015. Called \"a powerful read\" by O, The Oprah Magazine, the book made the Guardian's annual top fifty list. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Matis \"a hero.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer short-form writing has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e. She now lives in New York City, where she visits cute cafés, writes madly, and studies philosophy, following the threads of her fascination. To learn more, visit www.aspen-matis.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little a","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478080983314,"sku":"9781542007917","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b22fa46a-024c-4ab0-af3f-dc64b12d03f6.jpg?v=1730282143","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/your-blue-is-not-my-blue-a-missing-person-memoir-9781542007917","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}