{"product_id":"reluctant-journey-paperback","title":"Reluctant Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGilbert Andres Archuleta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReluctant Journey is about the life of Gibo Herrera, a young Hispanic, living in one of the villages of northern New Mexico at a time when life was new, nature was unspoiled, people were blissfully naive and the villages were beginning to come out of their isolation of two-hundred years. Gibo, a native of La Cueva, or the idyllic Embargo, grew up among storytellers, provocative newcomers, mystics and characters with a past. In his adolescence, Gibo took to listening to the village wise men and through them discovers the history of his people and his own Hispanic-Penitente past. Young Gibo also happens upon the \"love of his life,\" a beautiful young girl from one of the neighboring villages. Yet, for the rest of his young adult life he embarks on a reluctant journey, leaving his mountain home, his girlfriend and his family. His work as a railroad telegrapher takes him to another world, with other people who also have their own stories to tell. Reluctant Journey is a story of wonder, of love and of yearning to return to a home and a past that was slowly drifting away. Gilbert Andres Archuleta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118984073351,"sku":"9781438925813","price":27.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5784ed02fc8a650327ed13d32c63695f.webp?v=1732537964","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/reluctant-journey-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}