{"product_id":"2940150953406","title":"From Whence I Cometh","description":"A New Beginning \u003cbr\u003eI stood there facing her, \u003cbr\u003eOnly now aware of her nakedness;\u003cbr\u003eUnmasked and stripped of all false pretense,\u003cbr\u003eNo more hidden secrets to reveal,\u003cbr\u003eNo more fear of being judged or ridiculed. \u003cbr\u003eI could see the scars of battles won and lost, \u003cbr\u003eScars relentlessly burned into her flesh with a hot cast iron; \u003cbr\u003eI whispered, I accept you; \u003cbr\u003eI accept you broken and all.   \u003cbr\u003eNo, I shouted...   Woman! \u003cbr\u003eAs if to awake the woman in the mirror, \u003cbr\u003eNo more will I carry this burden;  \u003cbr\u003eA curse passed down through generations.\u003cbr\u003eNo more will I feel the guilt and shame of being a woman. \u003cbr\u003eNo more will I sit silently while others decide my fate.  \u003cbr\u003eNo more, no more. \u003cbr\u003eI will claw my way out from this bottomless pit,\u003cbr\u003eI will dig deep into its thick and charred lining\u003cbr\u003eUntil my fingers are bloody and my knees scarred; \u003cbr\u003eSwollen red and burning,   \u003cbr\u003eI will rise, I will rise...\u003cbr\u003eI will look only towards the opening \u003cbr\u003eWhere the sun casts its light through the rocks;\u003cbr\u003eThere I will find a cool drink of water. \u003cbr\u003eI will look to a new beginning...","brand":"Outskirts Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112704884976,"sku":"2940150953406","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150953406_p0.jpg?v=1763756907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150953406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}