{"product_id":"the-elsewhere-express-samantha-sotto-yambao","title":"The Elsewhere Express (Samantha Sotto Yambao)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhen you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your life s purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWater Moon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, \u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express \u003c\/i\u003ewill carry you to the stars.  Molly O Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eGreenteeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can t buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, it s a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, she s swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that s also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secrets and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in investigating the stowaway's identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purpose and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e   A stunning, visual fever dream of a story akin to both the game \u003ci\u003eSpiritfarer\u003c\/i\u003e and Erin Morgenstern s \u003ci\u003eThe Starless Sea\u003c\/i\u003e a character-driven tale wrapped in a sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio Ghibli like chaos even as it comes with a well-organized passenger rulebook.  \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamantha Sotto Yambao\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveler, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila. She is the nationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBefore Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, The Beginning of Always\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWater Moon.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 432 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815746871645,"sku":"K010298681","price":15.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1029868100001A.jpg?v=1788575450","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-elsewhere-express-samantha-sotto-yambao","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}