{"product_id":"2940014159616","title":"Decisions of the Heart","description":"Ever wonder why people do the strangest things that don’t seem “logical”? Our minds are sometimes no match for our heart’s desires to Love, to be Loved, to be Respected and Remembered Fondly, to Win, to Belong, to Hate and seek Revenge and to be Forgiven.  Decisions of the Heart allows the reader to diagnose the decisions of the human heart through the eyes of nineteen characters to determine if they would have made the same decision. Here’s a summary of some of the stories:  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn alcoholic musical genius falls from a career as a classical performer to a lounge singer on a cruise ship; there, he falls in love with a woman in a wheelchair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA NYC SWAT policeman waits on a tenement rooftop for the hostage taker and his wife, the hostage, to board a helicopter that will take them to JFK. While waiting, he hears the radio traffic between the negotiator and the husband; now, the sniper doesn't know who he should shoot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wife of an ex-football player has become his scapegoat to rationalize his mundane life; he blames her for ruining his “chances” to play college and professional football. Obese and reclusive, the ex-cheerleader drives herself to become “presentable” at their 25-year reunion as she attemptsto regain her dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA murderer who tracked down and killed the priest who molested him as a child sits on death row the day before his execution; in his attempt to rationalize his actions he has become insane as he struggles with the saintly and evil alters who make up his multiple personalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ancient man struggles each day to walk several miles to steal flowers from various hotels and then throw them in San Diego Bay to remember his wife whose ashes he scattered there. (True story).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pregnant wife, whose husband is in a coma and who is incorrectly diagnosed as brain-dead because of an EEG malfunction, uses love-driven will to telepathically communicate with her husband and inspire him to live.","brand":"reed morgan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083570626800,"sku":"2940014159616","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014159616_p0.jpg?v=1763601835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014159616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}