{"product_id":"my-brave-little-man-terry-a-degner-9780983663669","title":"My Brave Little Man: A trauma filled childhood memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e In this trauma-filled childhood \u003cstrong\u003ememoir\u003c\/strong\u003e, Terry takes you back in time to the years he spent in an \u003cstrong\u003eorphanage\u003c\/strong\u003e--where conflicts between boys were solved in the basement with boxing gloves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a true story that had to be told: It is the clear, unique voice of a \u003cstrong\u003esurvivor\u003c\/strong\u003e of the kind of \u003cstrong\u003echildhood\u003c\/strong\u003e that is usually the undoing of less hardy souls. With \u003cstrong\u003enovelist flair\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eimpressive detail\u003c\/strong\u003e, Terry chronicles his first eight years in a rarely visited slice of the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1950, a doctor in Duluth, Minnesota, wrote in his medical file that a four-year-old boy had been admitted to St. Mary's hospital as a \"rather severe behavior problem.\" \"This is,\" the doctor notes, \"a broken home, and the mother-child relationship is not good.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That boy is Terry. He had been shuffled from one nesting arrangement to another for all of his short life. First, he lived with his grandparents on their rustic farmstead in northern Minnesota, then with his intellectually disabled mother and a mostly absent alcoholic father, and finally with a boorish relative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In spite of this, Terry had been relatively happy. The real problems started when his mother dropped him and his two younger siblings off at an \u003cstrong\u003eorphanage\u003c\/strong\u003e. A week later, at Terry's urging, the children ran away to find their mother, and Terry ended up in a straight jacket. Thus, began Terry's journey of triumph over multiple \u003cstrong\u003emisfortunes\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eight years later, while lying on the banks of a river on his adoptive parents' farm, Terry promised God he would do eight things during his lifetime. The \u003cem\u003eMy Brave Little Man \u003c\/em\u003ememoir series is one of those eight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The series continues in Book II: \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of the World.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry a. Degner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983663661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983663669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bandi Media Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Terry a. Degner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982197915903,"sku":"9780983663669","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e142668f-5946-4080-94c4-77accfcaf4e6.jpg?v=1683259790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-brave-little-man-terry-a-degner-9780983663669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}