{"product_id":"a-tortoise-in-the-road-warren-driggs-9780998779560","title":"A Tortoise in the Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eJune 2, 2002, is an ordinary day for a handful of strangers driving through the desert when a tortoise crosses the road, resulting in a horrific automobile collision that will connect the lives of these strangers forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlash forward a few years, and Blake Morgan, a reporter who covered the collision, is assigned to provide an update on the survivors for a human interest story in his newspaper. He discovers that things have gotten worse for the survivors: one has terminal cancer, another ALS, and a young woman who had been rendered quadriplegic has fallen into a deep depression. All of them have lost their will to live and seek a permanent end to their suffering. Staggering medical costs, anxious heirs, government, and religion all tug at their choices. And should it even be their exclusive choice to make?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tortoise in the Road\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold and thought-provoking work that artfully explores the emotional, legal, and moral controversy that surrounds assisted suicide today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Driggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998779563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998779560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Driggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d","brand":"Warren Driggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113006805247,"sku":"9780998779560","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6108b4ab-dffa-47da-abd9-0f2b5dd82f0e.jpg?v=1769612425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tortoise-in-the-road-warren-driggs-9780998779560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}