{"product_id":"four-seconds-a-memoir-9780999735664","title":"Four Seconds: A Memoir","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Andrade, Jean Knight Pace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Knight Pace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999735664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrade, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Laura Andrade has had many jobs, only a few of them legal. She is a former bartender, babysitter, and drug dealer. She now works as a home health aide. When she is not telling people her story, she enjoys talking with friends and taking people to lunch.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePace, Jean Knight:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jean Knight Pace is the co-author of the fantasy novels, Grey Stone and Grey Lore and the author of the memoir, Hugging Death: Essays on Motherhood and Saying Goodbye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean Knight Pace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40581983469683,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dd9a9d9f-4461-408b-9fbb-d88a5d059fe5.jpg?v=1668609257","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/four-seconds-a-memoir-9780999735664","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}