{"product_id":"four-seconds-laura-andrade-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999735667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999735664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Knight Pace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Laura Andrade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43923874775295,"sku":"9780999735664","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_51706ae5-212b-4528-a7e8-e2484a8ec154.jpg?v=1681067199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/four-seconds-laura-andrade-9780999735664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}