{"product_id":"9780595807413","title":"Up from the Abyss: A journey of personal redemption from the ravages of Guillain-Barrè syndrome","description":"I assure you, though, there is nothing trite about coming down with Guillain-Barrè syndrome. For the person hit by it, it's war and revolution wrapped in one: A catastrophe, an upheaval, a devastating blow.  But also an invaluable experience and a possibility for renewal.  I wouldn't be what I am now, a man at peace with himself and the world, had I not come down with, and fought back from, this terrible ailment. But I don't want to sound excessive. It isn't terminal cancer at young age, or trauma-induced coma and vegetative state; but, as Joseph Heller said, it's no laughing matter, either. The blessing about Guillain-Barrè syndrome-and I mean that with only a little bit of irony-is that it doesn't affect the gray matter upstairs. You know it's bad, but you also know it can be defeated, and the struggle to overcome it lends a tremendous meaning of truthfulness to the old saying: \"That which does not kill you \" You know the rest. It can paralyze you completely, and, occasionally, do you in, but the road back or, as I imply in my title, the uphill struggle from the abyss is Herculean and character forming.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074949726448,"sku":"9780595807413","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595807413_p0.jpg?v=1763722615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595807413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}