{"product_id":"2940156826131","title":"GLORIA'S SONG","description":"I wasn't raised in a family that had a lot of money, but to say we were poor wouldn't have been accurate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy mother and grandmother made sure of that by teaching us about God, loving one another and striving to be a better person every day and that made us richer than most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were our rock to lean on and the glue that held everything together for our family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sacrifices they made and the love they gave each and every one of us was a God send.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnybody's life they touched was the better for it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe lost my grandma in January of 2002 and my mom in September of 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLosing them two completely devastated our family and I personally can say it was the worst two days of my life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLosing my grandma was so hard and then losing my mom just took me over the edge and I was messed up for a while.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I lost my mom I wasn't even thinking about writing a book and wasn't in no shape to do so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut about five years after she had passed away, her story was still in my head and I know I needed to get it out there, because I know it can help others and their family that are going through the same things as my mom and her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know this story can help other people and believe they can relate to it because cancer affects all of us either directly or indirectly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI first and foremost dedicate this book to my mom for being the kind of person we should all strive to be and also for fighting against cancer with a will to live like I've never seen before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would secondly like to dedicate this book to all the people who have fought cancer and to the ones that are still fighting cancer with a spirit and desire to never give up.","brand":"Xulon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112130756848,"sku":"2940156826131","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156826131_p0.jpg?v=1764092031","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156826131","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}