{"product_id":"tessa-eyes-on-the-world-paperback","title":"Tessa Eyes On The World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristena Prater\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSalodius Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTessa, \u003c\/em\u003e K. Prater and Salodius Byrd's debut novel, was inspired by an actual person, Tessa Marie Horan. Tessa, raised in an unconventional family from the western United States, plans a journey to India and Nepal in search of spiritual and moral discipline after she completes her high school education. A few months before she departs, her brother experiences a life-changing injury that leaves him a paraplegic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tone is set to weigh all the parts of her life as she is torn between Buddhist and familial obligation and devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her journeys Tessa bears witness to the disparity of cultures, human trafficking, marginalization, and the destruction of our planet. While Tessa is in a remote village of the Himalayas, a young girl is sold by her family into servitude, and the pivotal point of Tessa's commitment and passion jettisons into deliberate motion. She begins a courageous journey to promote change in the world and enlists in the Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorps after her college education. Tessa is assigned to a far-flung village in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, where she becomes intimate with the science of people while integrating with the villagers. She contemplates the reasons she made a rebellious decision to leave her family of origin as her personal heritage surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTessa is in search of answers, clarity, and inextinguishable hope about the polarity of the world. She must face unintended consequences because of her choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44247276290099,"sku":"9781958711781","price":75.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/s1iI5SrOoS9781958711781.webp?v=1777687807","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/tessa-eyes-on-the-world-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}