{"product_id":"the-soul-city-salvation-jonathan-lapoma-9780998840383","title":"The Soul City Salvation","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen months--that's how long twenty-six-year-old writer and aspiring actor Jay Sakovsky decides to stay and teach in the bohemian beach town of Soul City, California, to save up cash and overcome his anxiety before moving on to Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut after several \"friendly chats\" with the vice principal about hangover sweats and black eyes from barroom brawls, Jay sees a therapist who helps him connect his self-destructive tendencies and artistic blocks to his undiagnosed OCD, setting him on a ten-year healing journey that drives him to near madness as he explores the limits of his heart, creativity, and psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA surreal, darkly comic, and psychologically epic novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Soul City Salvation\u003c\/em\u003e explores mental illness, friendship, aging, masculinity, modern love, the creative process, spiritual awakening, and fighting for respect in an uncaring world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003cem\u003eThe Soul City Salvation\u003c\/em\u003e is the fifth and final book in a loosely-linked series, with \u003cem\u003eHammond\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Summer of Crud\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding the Alacran\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDeveloping Minds: An American Ghost Story\u003c\/em\u003e as books one-four. Each book can be read independently of one another, but they work best as a series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Lapoma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998840386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998840383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Almendro Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.96d","brand":"Jonathan Lapoma","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136201699583,"sku":"9780998840383","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a3b1da8-944f-4bdf-bb14-2f6026543592.jpg?v=1770161192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soul-city-salvation-jonathan-lapoma-9780998840383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}