{"product_id":"making-room-michael-hackard-9798994936023","title":"Making Room: A Memoir of Faith, Law and Endurance","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a six-year-old boy who scooted over in his Catholic school desk to make room for his guardian angel to a seasoned trial lawyer facing catastrophic financial collapse, \u003cem\u003eMaking Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about vocation, moral responsibility, and the quiet spiritual disciplines that sustain a life under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttorney Michael Hackard traces his journey through formative childhood experiences shaped by Irish Catholic faith, generational hardship, and early encounters with death and fear, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the unsettling proximity of the Charles Manson case early in his legal career. As his professional life unfolds, Hackard becomes a national pharmaceutical mass tort litigator, representing clients suffering from life-threatening drug injuries across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut success gives way to profound trials. Brain surgery. Pharmaceutical poisoning. The 2008 financial collapse. The sudden death of a business partner. Twelve years of high-stakes litigation threatening personal and professional ruin. Through it all, Hackard wrestles not only with legal battles but with the moral complexity of contingency-fee practice, promises made to dying clients, and the limits of human control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven throughout are deeply personal moments: driving grandchildren to school each morning, reliving lessons from his father and grandmother, reflecting on the dignity of a woman who once worked in his family's home. These anchors of love and continuity form a counterpoint to courtroom conflict and financial uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in Catholic spirituality and Ignatian formation, \u003cem\u003eMaking Room\u003c\/em\u003e is not a triumphalist story of victory but a meditation on endurance. It asks what it means to serve faithfully when outcomes are uncertain, to act with integrity in systems larger than oneself, and to \"make room\" for help beyond what can be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in faith in professional life, legal ethics, resilience, and memoirs of lived conviction, \u003cem\u003eMaking Room\u003c\/em\u003e offers a candid and deeply reflective account of perseverance through breaking-and rebuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Hackard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994936023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elder Legacy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Michael Hackard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659814678783,"sku":"9798994936023","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-room-michael-hackard-9798994936023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}