{"product_id":"forward-only-david-watson-9798234162861","title":"Forward Only: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome people spend their whole lives trying to find themselves. David Watson spent years running from himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORWARD ONLY is the true story of a boy raised by his grandparents in small-town Texas whose life changed forever when the man he looked up to most-his grandfather-died when David was twelve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as grief became restlessness, rebellion, and eventually a life defined by running. As a teenager, David crossed state lines, encountered law enforcement, spent time in juvenile custody, and began a journey that would eventually carry him across states and countries and into circumstances he could never have imagined as a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were arrests. Jail cells. A prison in the Bahamas. A jail in Mexico. Years in federal prison. And losses that could no longer be escaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut FORWARD ONLY isn't simply a story about crime or incarceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a memoir about what happens before the headlines-the childhood, grief, decisions, fear, ambition, and search for belonging that can shape a life one choice at a time. David doesn't ask the reader to excuse his decisions. He confronts them, along with the consequences they created for himself and the people who loved him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart is the relationship between a boy and the grandparents who gave him a home, particularly the grandfather whose death left a void David spent years trying to outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom rural Texas to life on the run, from foreign jail cells to federal prison, and ultimately to the difficult work of rebuilding, FORWARD ONLY is a story of family, loss, consequences, accountability, second chances, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause eventually, there is nowhere left to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only direction left is forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234162861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forward Only Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"David Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174477013247,"sku":"9798234162861","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forward-only-david-watson-9798234162861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}