{"product_id":"book-bxsw","title":"Another Day in the Death of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In \u003ci\u003eAnother Day in the Death of America\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e  journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the  course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day,  but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. From Jaiden Dixon (9), shot  point-blank by his mother's ex-boyfriend on his doorstep in Ohio, to  Pedro Dado Cortez (16), shot by an enemy gang on a street corner in  California, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of  twenty-four hours to reveal the powerful human stories behind the  statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from a dry account of gun policy in the United  States or a polemic about the dangers of gun violence, the book is a  gripping chronicle of an ordinary but deadly day in American life, and a  series of character portraits of young people taken from us far too  soon and those they left behind.  Whether it's a father's unspeakable  grief over his son who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, a  mentor who tries to channel his rage by organizing, or a friend and  neighbor who finds strength in faith, the lives lost on that day and the  lives left behind become, in Younge's hands, impossible to ignore-or  to forget. What emerges in these pages is a searing portrait of youth,  family, and the way that lives can be shattered in an instant on any day  in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when it has become indisputable that  Americans need to rethink their position on guns, this moving narrative  work puts a human face-a child's face-on the \"collateral damage\" of gun  deaths across the country. In his journalism, Younge is committed to  challenging conventional wisdom and looking twice where others might  look away. There are some things, he argues, that we have come to see as  normal, even when they are unacceptable. And gun violence is one of  them. A clear-eyed and iconoclastic approach to this contentious issue,  this book helps answer the questions so many of us are grappling with,  and makes it even harder to just look away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49295114273072,"sku":"BDbxsw","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49295114305840,"sku":"ZEbxsw","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49295114338608,"sku":"ZMbxsw","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bxsw-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775808904","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bxsw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}