{"product_id":"more-life-on-the-edge-of-adventure-and-motherhood-hardcover","title":"More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMajka Burhardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the world's leading female professional rock and ice climbers, Burhardt and her husband led globe-trotting, adventure-seeking lives. When she learns that she's pregnant--\u003ci\u003ewith twins\u003c\/i\u003e--Burhardt at first tries to justify her insistence on pursuing extreme risk in the face of responsibility. But she is ultimately forced to grieve the avalanche of emotions that accompanies any major life transitions along with the physical changes in her own body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the letters and journals Burhardt diligently kept over the course of those six years, \u003ci\u003eMore \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader on an around-the-world journey as Burhardt explores the transformative, identity-shifting experience of motherhood and its irreversible impact on career, identity, marriage, and self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early weeks of her children's lives, Burhardt immerses herself in adoration for her twins and grappling with the tremendous guilt and struggle around having to return to risk-laden work and that ever elusive balance mothers everywhere seek amidst it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the newness of her twins fades into a permanent reality, Burhardt turns her attention towards her marriage and the collateral damage as she and her husband, Peter, struggle to navigate their new normal. As anger and resentment threaten the foundation of her family, Burhardt courageously looks to her past--and her own mother's tumultuous and confusing history of success, violence, and ragged divorce--to better understand her own way forward. How will she break free from the legacy of her own childhood to start fresh with her own family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raw, candid, and galvanizing, \u003ci\u003eMore \u003c\/i\u003eis a passionate and poignant testament to the enduring power of love and our lifelong journey to understand ourselves as we strive to always pursue more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajka Burhardt\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author and filmmaker. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Legado and the author of \u003ci\u003eVertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Banff Book Award. Her work and projects have been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, Outside Magazine, The Weather Channel\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR and more, and her articles have appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eAfar, Men's Health, Skiing Magazine, Backpacker, Patagonia, Alpinist, Women's Adventure, The Explorers Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClimbing\u003c\/i\u003e. Majka is a climber and ambassador with Patagonia, an American Mountain Guides Association Rock Guide and Ice Instructor. She graduated from Princeton University cum laude and received a MFA in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She and her husband, Peter Doucette, an internationally certified (AMGA\/IFMGA) mountain guide, live in Jackson, New Hampshire with their twin children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.2 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732260917311,"sku":"9781639363490","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cc7cd936dc960433f0cfb4cb948a63b9.webp?v=1765131850","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/more-life-on-the-edge-of-adventure-and-motherhood-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}