{"product_id":"dirt-merchant-jon-frisch-9798996294213","title":"Dirt Merchant: How Systems Build Men They Cannot Hold","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the trauma doesn't kill you but takes everything that made you human? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDIRT MERCHANT\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJon Frisc\u003c\/strong\u003eh delivers a powerful, unflinching memoir that explores the long road out of trauma-through war, fire, silence, and the wreckage of survival. From childhood sexual abuse by his brother, neighbor boys, a parent, and a priest, to the dissociation of Marine Corps service and the high-performance numbness of smokejumping, Frisch lived inside systems that demanded loyalty at the cost of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story of heroism. It's what happens after the war. After the fire season ends. After silence becomes more dangerous than the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith stripped-down prose and piercing emotional clarity, \u003cem\u003eDIRT MERCHANT\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rare kind of memoir-part reckoning, part roadmap. Frisch writes for anyone who has lived more numb than alive, who mistook endurance for strength, or who spent years trying to feel something without falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a mirror for survivors, a challenge to institutions, and a reminder that healing isn't about erasing the past-it's about no longer being erased by it. Today, Frisch is happily married, no longer ashamed of where he's been, and fully alive in a life he never thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT MERCHANT\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to what healing actually looks like-slow, nonlinear, deeply human-and a powerful offering to anyone still finding their way back from the in-between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Frisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996294213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirt Merchant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Jon Frisch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084353544447,"sku":"9798996294213","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dirt-merchant-jon-frisch-9798996294213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}