{"product_id":"no-easy-way-back-antonio-obraonain-9798241195593","title":"No Easy Way Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne bad decision doesn't end your life.\u003cbr\u003eBut it changes everything that comes after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn modern Glasgow, sixteen-year-old Callum learns how quickly a single night can reshape the way the world looks at you - and the way you look at yourself. What begins as silence and loyalty spirals into paperwork, scrutiny, and consequences that refuse to arrive cleanly or all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs rumours spread and pressure closes in, Callum discovers that crime isn't loud or cinematic. It's quiet. It's indirect. It lives in choices you don't correct and lines you don't see until you've crossed them. The truth doesn't confront him head-on. It comes sideways - through systems, through family, through the slow loss of anonymity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no redemption arc.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no easy way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, Callum must face what he did without excuses, without scapegoats, and without the comfort of believing it wasn't his responsibility. Growth, he learns, isn't about being forgiven - it's about living with what you've done and choosing not to repeat it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Easy Way Back\u003c\/b\u003e is a gritty, realistic coming-of-age crime novel about accountability, identity, and the long shadow of consequence. Written for older teens and young adults, it refuses to glamorise wrongdoing and instead asks a harder question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it actually mean to choose better - when the past doesn't disappear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Obraonain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241195593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Antonio Obraonain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171258573055,"sku":"9798241195593","price":10.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-easy-way-back-antonio-obraonain-9798241195593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}