{"product_id":"book-f7tn","title":"I Can Take it from Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn emotional, page-turning account of unhealed trauma and personal transformation that will break your heart and change your mind, in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Piece of Cake\u003c\/i\u003e, and Jesmyn Ward's \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiveting, honest, and raw, \u003ci\u003eI Can Take It From Here \u003c\/i\u003erecounts   Lisa Forbes's harrowing journey into darkness — including a   fourteen-year-long stint in a maximum-security prison — and her fierce   resolve to understand the effects of the trauma she endured, to take   personal responsibility for her actions, and to ensure that her history   does not dictate her destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe youngest of six children,   Lisa grew up in a Chicago housing project where she endured  sexual,  religious, and emotional abuse as a little girl. A voracious  reader,  she graduated high school at 15 and went to work as a secretary  in a  downtown insurance office, became pregnant at 16 and, at 19,   unexpectedly and uncharacteristically committed a violent act, stabbing   and killing the father of her daughter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding  powerful insights into what we as a society need  to learn and confront  in the ongoing epidemic of mass re-incarceration, Lisa is a stunning  example of an individual who through  determination, knowledge, and hard  work has been able to reclaim her own  life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book  ends with Lisa's rousing call to action to  support the people—as well  as the shorthanded employers—who need the  help, and need each other,  more than ever.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49325178192176,"sku":"BDf7tn","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f7tn-cover.jpg?v=1761366221","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f7tn","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}