{"id":34,"date":"2010-10-25T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egstaffpicks.wordpress.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2015-02-26T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:50:54","slug":"the-sparrow-by-mary-doria-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"The Sparrow by Mary Doria\u00a0Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    alignleft wp-image-139\" title=\"The Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/the-sparrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When beautiful music reaches Earth from outer space, the Jesuits send a team to explore and make contact with the new world.\u00a0 They mean no harm.\u00a0 At first their\u00a0interactions with the indigenous populations are positive and rewarding, but then it all goes horribly wrong.\u00a0\u00a0A powerful novel of how cultural differences can lead to indescribable tragedy.\u00a0 You will meet unforgettable characters who will touch your heart.\u00a0 A profoundly moving novel that has crossover appeal\u00a0for those who normally wouldn&#8217;t touch science fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When beautiful music reaches Earth from outer space, the Jesuits send a team to explore and make contact with the new world.\u00a0 They mean no harm.\u00a0 At first their\u00a0interactions with the indigenous populations are positive and rewarding, but then it all goes horribly wrong.\u00a0\u00a0A powerful novel of how cultural differences can lead to indescribable tragedy.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=34\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Sparrow by Mary Doria\u00a0Russell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-lois"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}