{"product_id":"instructions-for-traveling-west","title":"Instructions for Traveling West: Poems","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"book-description-copy\" class=\"drawer-copy-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003eby Joy Sullivan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst, you must realize you’re homesick for all the lives you’re not living. Then, you must commit to the road and the rising loneliness. To the sincere thrill of coming apart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo begins Joy Sullivan’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstructions for Traveling West\u003c\/em\u003e—a lush debut collection that examines what happens when we leave home and leap into the deep unknown. Mid-pandemic, Sullivan\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eleft the man she planned to marry, sold her house, quit her corporate job, and drove west. This dazzling collection tells that story as it illuminates the questions haunting us all: What possible futures lie on the horizon? What happens when we heed the call of furious reinvention? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA book for anyone flinging themselves into fresh starts,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eInstructions for Traveling West\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egrapples with loss, loneliness and belonging. These poems teach us that naming our desire is profound alchemy. Each of us holds the power to set our own course forward.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExpansive and heart-opening—exquisite in their specificity, galvanizing in their scope—the poems in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstructions for Traveling West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espeak to the longing that lives within us all. They remind us that “joy is not a trick.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003e160 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-height\"\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e5 3\/8\" x 8 1\/4\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50732674908466,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/0911\/files\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-15T171455.907.png?v=1768518922","url":"https:\/\/freshieandzero.live\/products\/instructions-for-traveling-west","provider":"Freshie \u0026 Zero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}