{"product_id":"the-reasonable-prudent-man-peter-j-stavros-9781971238166","title":"The Reasonable Prudent Man","description":"The law asks what a reasonable, prudent man would do. It never warns you how few of them you'll meet.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe never wanted to be a lawyer. But the debt was mounting and nothing else had stuck, and law school was the last ripcord left to pull - so Christian pulled it, graduating at the top of a class he couldn't stand, straight into a profession that promised to finally make him someone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it makes him, first, is a young man adrift between two Kentuckys. In a fog-smothered Appalachian town, a cigar-smoking judge shows him that the law runs on common sense, not citations, and a landlocked surfer named Jesse shows him something harder to name. Then the big firm calls. Christian trades the quiet for Fentz - its kill-or-be-killed corridors, a charismatic partner who takes him under his wing, and a woman he can't decide whether to trust. By the time he understands the game being played around him, he's the one left holding the blame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWry, propulsive, and sharply observed, \u003cem\u003eThe Reasonable Prudent Man\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about ambition and the bill it quietly runs up - about what it actually costs to live reasonably, and where a person finds the people worth coming home to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of smart, voice-driven literary fiction about work, integrity, and the long way back to yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter J. Stavros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971238163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971238166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silent Clamor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d","brand":"Peter J. Stavros","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853017362687,"sku":"9781971238166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reasonable-prudent-man-peter-j-stavros-9781971238166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}