{"product_id":"dear-marcus-a-letter-to-the-man-who-shot-me-9780812983166","title":"Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe idea to write to you was not an easy one.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe scar from where the bullet entered my back is still there.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jerry McGill was thirteen years old, walking home through the projects of Manhattan's Lower East Side, when he was shot in the back by a stranger. Jerry survived, wheelchair-bound for life; his assailant was never caught. Thirty years later, Jerry wants to say something to the man who shot him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have decided to give you a name.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am going to call you Marcus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With profound grace, brutal honesty, and devastating humor, Jerry McGill takes us on a dramatic and inspiring journey--from the streets of 1980s New York, where poverty and violence were part of growing up, to the challenges of living with a disability and learning to help and inspire others, to the long, difficult road to acceptance, forgiveness, and, ultimately, triumph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI didn't write this book for you, Marcus. I wrote this for those who endure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose who manage. Those who are determined to move on.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill, Jerry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812983166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.08w x 0.53d","brand":"Jerry McGill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39467463475275,"sku":"9780812983166","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_d8be9b58-6dac-4fd1-8be3-69993ac06b1f.jpg?v=1628609889","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/dear-marcus-a-letter-to-the-man-who-shot-me-9780812983166","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}