{"product_id":"spirit-run-book-noe-alvarez-9781646220533","title":"Spirit Run","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Editors' Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and the many landscapes of the Americas (Catriona Menzies-Pike, author of The Long Run).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in Yakima, Washington, No   lvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives. A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer,  lvarez struggled to fit in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt nineteen, he learned about a Native American\/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Den , Secw pemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Pur pecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own,  lvarez writes about a four-month-long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear--dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion--but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind,  lvarez forges a new relationship with the land, and with the act of running, carrying with him the knowledge of his parents' migration, and--against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit--the dream of a liberated future.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49544851325201,"sku":"GOR012178841","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49676915310865,"sku":"CIN1646220536G","price":4.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50482747408657,"sku":"CIN1646220536VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51043122938129,"sku":"NIN9781646220533","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51456551747857,"sku":"CIN1646220536A","price":4.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53353686434065,"sku":"GOR014871570","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1646220536.jpg?v=1751451446","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/spirit-run-book-noe-alvarez-9781646220533","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}