{"product_id":"house-of-sticks-mark-rogers-9781971400099","title":"House of Sticks: A Novel of Foreclosure, Desperation, Best Intentions and Betrayal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour desperate families meet in a foreclosure support group. With their backs against the wall, they agree on a creative but risky plan: to give up on three of the houses and all move into a single dwelling, rescue it from foreclosure, live there for a year, and then sell, hopefully reaping enough from savings and profit that all four families will be able to start afresh.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four families prove to be a disparate and volatile mix. There's a working-class husband and wife who seem to carry a grudge against everyone and everything in the world. A Mexican American family wonders if they'd fare better returning to their homeland. Two childless seniors, after a long, private lifetime, are rueful about being packed in with strangers. And an upwardly mobile Black couple who carry a shameful secret and a shaky belief they can start over and create a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey say charity begins at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the case of these four families, so does jealousy, lust, greed, and deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971400092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971400099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sager Group LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d","brand":"Mark Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665764126975,"sku":"9781971400099","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/house-of-sticks-mark-rogers-9781971400099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}