{"product_id":"the-juke-ted-persinger-9780986252143","title":"The Juke","description":"Who is a man when he loses everything? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFire destroys and fire creates... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe wonder, don't we, at the people we see on the streets? The homeless. Unfortunate souls. Addicts. Violent felons. What compels them? How did they end up there? How does a person find himself holding a gun and committing a crime? Shooting heroin from a dirty needle? We avoid them, turning our faces away from the sight of them, hoping the courts will warehouse them so we are safe in our middle class lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank Joseph is successful by any measure. Family. Career. Church. He has what anybody would want. All that ends one night, and his life takes a new direction...a drastic course change. Facing the fires of life's trials, he is consumed by the heat...so he flees justice. He becomes a new man wearing a new mask. But who will he be? How will he adjust to the new lives he finds himself living? How will he care for the ones he loves? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Juke is a tragedy, exploring Frank's descent from \"success\" to the darkest corners of society. He finds himself living places he could never have imagined. Along the way he builds new love, a new family, and a new life. Will he survive the ghosts of his past? Is he locked in a pattern of self-destruction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Persinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098625214X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986252143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farfalla Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Ted Persinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799484674303,"sku":"9780986252143","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-juke-ted-persinger-9780986252143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}