{"product_id":"four-seconds-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Four Seconds: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Andrade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean Knight Pace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'm not going to try it,\" I said. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"You'll like it,\" she argued. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I know I'll like it,\" I said. \"That's why I'm not going to try it.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Try it just this once and I'll never ask you to do it again.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat was a deal. I slipped back into the driver's seat as Pam corn-rowed two neat lines of the silky white powder on the back of a plastic cassette tape cover. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFifteen hundred dollars every month, an abusive boyfriend, a molested child, a lost family, hotels for houses, a ruined leg, a gun to my head, a knife to my butt, a jail cell all my own. Black eyes, brused days, broken hours. Looking back, it seems strange what I gave up to get my roommmate off my back. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt only took for seconds. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, Andrade tells of her years with cocaine and crystal methamphetamines--using, then selling, until all she had left of the life she wanted was a chalk outline and a pack of cigarettes. This is the story of her use and recovery, of the people who frustrated and inspired her, of the decision to leave the drug world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of her slow, often unsteady walk home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8 x 5 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 April 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761107861792,"sku":"9780999735664","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8622a6e103d875ec04a63201508f651a.webp?v=1780199904","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/four-seconds-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}