{"product_id":"book-8443","title":"Grand Central Winter, Expanded Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer-homeless and drug-addicted for eleven years-found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York. Whether he is portraying \"God's corner,\" as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzi, a hooker and \"past-due tourist\" whose infant he sometimes babysits, whether he recounts taking shelter underneath Grand Central by night and collecting cans by day or making a living hawking \u003ci\u003eStreet News\u003c\/i\u003e on the subway, Lee Stringer conveys the vitality and complexity of a down-and-out life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with small acts of kindness, humor, and even heroism amid violence and desperation, \u003ci\u003eGrand Central Winter\u003c\/i\u003e offers a touching portrait of our shared humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301748908336,"sku":"BD8443","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301748941104,"sku":"ZE8443","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301749006640,"sku":"ZM8443","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/8443-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775725893","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-8443","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}