{"product_id":"the-same-moon-9781946920621","title":"The Same Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes you have to run far  far away to find your way home. Recently wedand quickly divorcedtwenty-four-year-old Sarah Coomber escapes the disappointments of her Minnesota life for a job teaching English in Japan. Her plan is to use the year to reflect  heal and figure out what to do with her wrecked life while enjoying the culture of the country where she had previously spent a life-changing summer that included a romance with a young baseball player. The reality? Sarah finds herself the lone English speaker in an isolated rural area  where she is drawn into serving tea to her male coworkers  performing with a koto (zither) group  advocating for her female students and colleagues  and embarking on a controversial romance with a local salaryman. This isnt the Japan Sarah was seeking  but it just might be the Japan she needs. ... an entertaining and honest account of a young womans self-discovery in a foreign land. LAURA KRISKA  AUTHOR OF THE ACCIDENTAL OFFICE LADY: AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN CORPORATE JAPAN ...Coomber addresses the question of this American hour: how to honor even cherish fellow humans regardless of divergent cultural  political or spiritual convictions. The Same Moon injects hope into the current American climate of intolerance. NATALIE KUSZ  AWARD-WINNING MEMOIRIST AND AUTHOR OF ROAD SONGSarah captures in great detail many things unique to Japan in nature  daily life and relationships. YUKARI SAKAMOTO  AUTHOR OF FOOD SAKE TOKYO\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67966398627893,"sku":"ByrdShop_1946920622","price":27.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781946920621.jpg?v=1794552856","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-same-moon-9781946920621","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}