{"product_id":"book-170z","title":"Shooting Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Powerfully moving….An extraordinary memoir.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-George Stephanopoulos\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eABC Sunday News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, Elliott and Mary Tepper moved their four young sons into San Blas, Madrid's most notorious heroin slum-ground zero of Europe's drug epidemic. While other children played soccer, seven-year-old Jonathan was handing out tracts to addicts in syringe-littered parks and befriending bank robbers, former prostitutes, and recovering junkies twice his age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as eight men detoxing in a small apartment grew into Betel, now one of the world's largest drug rehabilitation networks. But \u003cem\u003eShooting Up\u003c\/em\u003e isn't an institutional history-it's a boy's-eye view of a radical experiment in compassion during the AIDS crisis, full of unforgettable characters, street danger, and moments of unlikely grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart \u003cem\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e, part \u003cem\u003eThe Cross and the Switchblade\u003c\/em\u003e, Tepper's memoir captures the grit and squalor of addiction alongside the stubborn hope of lives remade. For readers of literary memoir, narrative nonfiction, and stories of resilience, \u003cem\u003eShooting Up\u003c\/em\u003e announces Tepper as a powerful new voice in memoir, one who transforms a harrowing childhood into an unforgettable testament to hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50773738651952,"sku":"BD170z","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/170z-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771670049","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-170z","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}