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Focusing on scenes as broad as a citywide arts festival and as small as a single paving stone in a cobbled walk, this title renders Lisbon from a perspective that varies between wide-eyed and knowing. It reveals the author's struggles with (and love of) the Portuguese language as well as an awkward meeting with Nobel laureate Jose Saramago.

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"A good part of the reason I feel so passionately positive about The Moon, Come to Earth is how well Graham is able to convey his compassionate, generous, and comic spirit to the reader. Unfailingly endearing, whether he's trying to figure the number of cobblestones in Lisbon or trying to find an ATM to buy tickets for a futebol match, Graham becomes the reader's traveling surrogate in the best sense. But this book is as much about parenthood as it is about Portugal, with Graham's daughter Hannah as the most constant figure in the narrative. The portrait of this father-daughter relationship is about as lovely as l've seen." - Robin Hemley, author of Do-Over!"

The Moon Come to Earth

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 November 2009
      ISBN-13 9780226305158
      978-0226305158
      ISBN-10 0226305155
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      Travel writing

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focusing on scenes as broad as a citywide arts festival and as small as a single paving stone in a cobbled walk, this title renders Lisbon from a perspective that varies between wide-eyed and knowing. It reveals the author's struggles with (and love of) the Portuguese language as well as an awkward meeting with Nobel laureate Jose Saramago.

      Trade Review
      "A good part of the reason I feel so passionately positive about The Moon, Come to Earth is how well Graham is able to convey his compassionate, generous, and comic spirit to the reader. Unfailingly endearing, whether he's trying to figure the number of cobblestones in Lisbon or trying to find an ATM to buy tickets for a futebol match, Graham becomes the reader's traveling surrogate in the best sense. But this book is as much about parenthood as it is about Portugal, with Graham's daughter Hannah as the most constant figure in the narrative. The portrait of this father-daughter relationship is about as lovely as l've seen." - Robin Hemley, author of Do-Over!"

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