{"product_id":"2940011954689","title":"Struck By Lightning and other bolts of reality","description":"Struck by Lightning and other bolts of reality is a collection of short stories about the realities of relationships based on choices involving legacies of dysfunction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe struggles are enlightening as well as disturbing where the reader might identify, and come away with a new attitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach story addresses different stages of romantic love, from single people\u003cbr\u003elooking for companionship to couples involved in marriage, cohabitation or\u003cbr\u003einfidelity. George and Sheila’s conflicting motives lead to maddening\u003cbr\u003emisunderstandings for them both. Tonya, desperate to have a man, ignores\u003cbr\u003ethe fact that Lewis has psychotic tendencies. Marsha becomes a caretaker\u003cbr\u003eand martyr as Craig’s dependent lifestyle threatens to destroy her. Charles\u003cbr\u003eand Joan end up in a long-term relationship that is built on a lie but continues\u003cbr\u003ein a manner of twisted convenience. Ronald and Tricia find themselves in a \u003cbr\u003erocky, violent relationship based on shallow ideals. Candy recklessly searches \u003cbr\u003efor love, and Black and Shareef take the opportunity to satisfy their desires \u003cbr\u003eat her expense. Pastor Jetson and Alison are torn by a happenstance meeting \u003cbr\u003eand strong attraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWebster hopes to inspire dialogue in readers as they relate the characters’\u003cbr\u003eexploits to their own lives. “These stories are based on experiences that \u003cbr\u003emany people can identify with, although most people do not want to talk \u003cbr\u003eabout these kinds of issues,” she says. “These are stories about everyday \u003cbr\u003epeople who are working out scenarios in their lives with what they bring \u003cbr\u003eto it and what is presented to them.”","brand":"Cyd Webster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078626197744,"sku":"2940011954689","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011954689_p0.jpg?v=1763551801","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011954689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}