{"product_id":"2940169251432","title":"Wasted (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Johnson's father had LOVE tattooed across his left hand, but that didn't stop the beatings. The Johnson children would turn up to school with broken fingers and chipped teeth, but no one ever thought of investigating their home life. Mark just slipped through the cracks, and kept on falling. For years.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Constantly in trouble at school, he began stealing at the age of seven, was drinking by the age of eight, and took his first hit of heroin at age 11. Art college beckoned the sensitive and intelligent boy, but he ended up in Portland prison instead.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  With searing honesty, Wasted documents Mark's descent into the very depths of addiction and criminality. Homeless and hooked on heroin and crack, no one, least of all Mark, believed he would survive. And yet he somehow found the strength to pull through, and now runs his own thriving tree-surgery business, employing and helping other recovering addicts.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Both shocking and inspirational, this is a heartbreaking and compelling account of one man's struggle to save himself, and help save others in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jaha Knight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104398688496,"sku":"2940169251432","price":21.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169251432_p0.jpg?v=1763676665","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169251432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}