{"product_id":"1s-pursuit-of-happiness-miranda-rights-9798256156664","title":"1's Pursuit of Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow many times can a person fall before they finally understand what they have been running from?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn One's Pursuit of Happiness, Miranda Rights tells the unpredictable and personal story of a life spent searching for belonging, purpose, love and peace. From a childhood shaped by affection, violence, fear, sports, music and survival in Brooklyn to military service, addiction, emergency medical work, family struggles and recovery, Miranda's journey refuses to follow a simple path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the Albany housing projects, Miranda learned early that life could be both wonderful and frightening. There were family traditions, neighborhood adventures, baseball games, football fields, music, and laughter but there were also dangers outside the home and painful realities within it. Beneath everything was an internal struggle Miranda could not explain, a feeling of incompleteness that remained hidden while life moved forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat search for relief led to alcohol, drugs, reckless decisions and years of running from difficult emotions. Yet even through self-destruction, Miranda continued to serve, work, compete, protect others and rise after every fall. Her experiences carried her from the streets of New York to service in the United States Air Force, where she worked on military aircraft and supported missions connected to Operation Just Cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen came September 11, 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter both towers had fallen, Miranda made her way toward Lower Manhattan to help. What followed was a harrowing journey through barricades, overwhelmed hospitals, emergency staging areas and the immense rubble of Ground Zero. Working alongside medical personnel, firefighters, volunteers and rescue crews, she witnessed devastation beyond anything she had imagined and became part of the desperate effort to help those still trapped beneath the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the greatest battle in this memoir is not fought on a football field, beside an aircraft or across the rubble of a fallen tower. It is fought within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne's Pursuit of Happiness is not a story of instant redemption. It is a lifetime of memories, contradictions, mistakes, courage, addiction, service, regret, survival and the difficult process of accepting the person reflected in the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an imperfect individual who has fallen more times than she can count but continues to rise. It is a reminder that happiness is not always a destination waiting at the end of the road. Sometimes it is found in understanding the roads that brought us here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFasten your seatbelt. The ride is about to begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miranda Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256156664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinnacle Global Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Miranda Rights","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997949833471,"sku":"9798256156664","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/1s-pursuit-of-happiness-miranda-rights-9798256156664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}