{"product_id":"easy-street-a-story-of-redemption-from-myself-9781640093799","title":"Easy Street: A Story of Redemption from Myself","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving and offbeat story of unlikely friendship, the cost of ambition, and what happens when the things you've always run away from show up on your doorstep. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo most, Maggie Rowe appears to live on Easy Street. Her stylish home is in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood. She has a kind husband who makes her laugh. And after years of struggle, she is finally making a name for herself in Hollywood. But the agreeable, confident persona she presents to the world often feels like a deception to Maggie, who's long grappled with mental illness and feelings of inadequacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Joanna Hergert, a neurodiverse middle-aged woman who lives with her elderly mother. Maggie's husband, Jim, introduces her to the pair after meeting them at a local charbroiled chicken franchise. Over the next several years, she forms a friendship with Joanna and her mother--despite Joanna's robust romantic fixation on Jim. What begins as a mild curiosity soon blooms into a complicated and intimate friendship that will challenge Maggie to confront her mental health issues and the trade-offs she's made to live life on her own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngrossing, moving, and wickedly funny, \u003ci\u003eEasy Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a midlife coming-of-age buddy comedy about embracing the strength of the families we fashion, finding peace with the choices we make, and, above all, learning to be compassionate with ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowe, Maggie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640093799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Maggie Rowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39674404667467,"sku":"9781640093799","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a6ac5352-3545-426f-b573-6ea50553ac62.jpg?v=1644933249","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/easy-street-a-story-of-redemption-from-myself-9781640093799","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}