{"product_id":"overcome-michael-geyer-9798198211186","title":"Overcome: The Weight We Carry (New Version)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome weight doesn't disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stays with us-shaping who we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOvercome: The Weight We Carry\u003c\/b\u003e is a powerful coming-of-age story about grief, identity, and learning how to keep going when the things that anchor us begin to fall away. Through basketball, loss, and quiet resilience, Billy searches for meaning beyond effort alone-and discovers that strength isn't found in perfection, but in choosing to continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly grows up carrying an absence he doesn't yet have words for-his father leaving when he was three. That early loss shapes how he measures himself, how he responds to failure, and how he learns to survive. On the basketball court, effort feels controllable. Misses can be followed by another shot. Pain can be outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Billy moves through middle school and high school, the pressure intensifies. Bullying, self-doubt, and the constant fear of not being enough follow him on and off the court. Just as he begins to find his footing, life delivers a deeper blow: his mother-the one person who never left-is diagnosed with cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasketball becomes both refuge and reckoning. Injuries, anger, and grief collide, forcing Billy to confront who he is when the noise fades and the court goes quiet. What follows is not a story about winning, but about reckoning with loss, learning when effort isn't enough, and understanding that some weight isn't meant to be escaped-only carried forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOvercome: The Weight We Carry\u003c\/b\u003e is a quiet, honest novel for anyone who has felt pressure to be strong, who has loved and lost, or who has wondered who they are when the things that once defined them fall away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about the weight we carry, and how it shapes who we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Geyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198211186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Michael Geyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48658816368895,"sku":"9798198211186","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overcome-michael-geyer-9798198211186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}