{"product_id":"9780061961953","title":"Dear Patrick: Life Is Tough--Here's Some Good Advice","description":"\u003cp\u003eDear Patrick,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor five years I have been witness to your struggles to grow up without a father. As a family friend, I can't make that up to you. What I can do is stand by you, and teach you how to be the kind of man you wish your father had been ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the correspondence of two unlikely friends, Patrick Buckley, a sixteen-year-old New York City high schooler, and Jeffrey M. Schwartz, internationally renowned neuroscientist and the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eBrain Lock\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mind and the Brain\u003c\/em\u003e. Inspired by Patrick's straight forward questions, Schwartz examines the moral teachings of our greatest spiritual leaders -- Jesus, Buddha, and Moses -- and filters them through the lens of his cutting-edge psychiatric research, as well as his own experiences of childhood loneliness and loss. With fierce certainty and love, Schwartz provides Patrick with a blueprint for breaking free from the culture of corrosive cynicism that threatens to destroy him, and for constructing a decent, meaningful, and fulfilling life. The result is a fascinating and revolutionary new code for living born of a man and a boy who sought honor and self-command in a culture of self-indulgence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077999902960,"sku":"9780061961953","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061961953_p0.jpg?v=1763623685","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061961953","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}