{"product_id":"squint-jose-p-ramirez-9781604731194","title":"Squint: My Journey with Leprosy","description":"Lying in a hospital bed, José P. Ramirez, Jr. (b. 1948) almost lost everything because of a misunderstood disease. When the health department doctor gave him the Handbook for Persons with Leprosy, Ramirez learned his fate. Such a diagnosis in 1968 meant exile and hospitalization in the only leprosarium in the continental United States--Carville, Louisiana, 750 miles from his home in Laredo, Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSquint: My Journey with Leprosy\u003c\/i\u003e, Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term \"leper\" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His disease not only meant separation from the girlfriend who would later become his wife, but also a derailment of all life's goals. In his struggle Ramirez overcame barriers both real and imagined and eventually became an international advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities. In \u003ci\u003eSquint\u003c\/i\u003e, titled for the sliver of a window through which persons with leprosy in medieval times were allowed to view Mass but not participate, Ramirez tells a story of love and perseverance over incredible odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jose P. Ramirez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604731192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604731194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.50w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 84","brand":"Jose P. Ramirez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44522557079807,"sku":"9781604731194","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c768e10-fcff-498e-9c60-46c3852417fb.jpg?v=1700157877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/squint-jose-p-ramirez-9781604731194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}