{"product_id":"9780984077519","title":"Frog In The Pot","description":"If life is not a test, then what is it?\u003cp\u003eThat's what Alvin Taylor, a 27-year-old alcoholic janitor, tries to figure out over his winter vacation with help from a mocking, yet conscientious, \"voice,\" but after a belligerent night in Canada with his friend, Alvin decides to sober up and give back to society-by becoming a crossing guard at an elementary school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Somewhere along the line, between the idealisms of youth and the realities of adulthood, we become pacified by our jobs; we tolerate how we hurt the world so that we can sustain our lives. At some point, blurred in the past, we traded the greater good for ourselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e-From \"Frog in the Pot\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Frog in the Pot\" is a meditation on loneliness, its desperation, loss, and rejection. The narrative is a mixture of introspection, opinion, and drunken nonsense; but there is a larger theme that underscores this prose, something reticent in those of us caught between generations, or a quarter-life crisis. This novel is an entertaining blend of cynicism, sarcasm, and desolation, though at its heart is a thread of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Realm Crux Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010039759088,"sku":"9780984077519","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984077519_p0.jpg?v=1763886456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984077519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}