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Professor Peyton Wilde has an enviable life teaching sociology at an idyllic liberal arts college-yet she is troubled by a sense of fading inspiration. One day an invitation arrives. Peyton has been selected to attend a luxurious all-expense-paid seminar in Iceland where participants billed as some of the greatest thinkers in the world will be charged with answering one perplexing question. Meeting her diverse teammates-two neuroscientists a philosopher a dance teacher a collage artist and a farmer-Peyton wonders what she could ever have to contribute. The ensuing journey of discovery will transform the characters' work their biases and themselves. This suspenseful novel shows that the answers you seek can be found in the most unlikely places. It can be read for pleasure is a great choice for book clubs and can be used as unique and inspiring reading in qualitative research and other courses in education sociology social work psychology and communication. | Spark
