{"product_id":"9780997395600","title":"Bobby James, You Are So Damn Dumb!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“No, Grandma, please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I won’t ever get out of bed again, I promise. Please don’t hurt me.” I screamed louder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was shaking badly. I couldn’t get away. It had taken a few seconds before I realized she had stopped whipping me. I saw her walk toward the front of the house where someone was knocking on the front door. I followed at a safe distance, trying to see what was going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Good evening Mrs. Christian.” It was the police chief, Mr. Holland. “May I come in,” he asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e…she opened the screen door still holding the buggy whip in her hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNine years later:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “There’s no room for you at Grandma’s…we have been talking about what to do with you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don’t know if anger or disappointment, unleashed a powerful energy within me that exploded. I decided at that moment that no one would find me in the way or a nuisance any longer. “Mom, stop! I can decide my own damned destiny; I’m gonna’ join the Army Air Force.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"My mother didn't love me or want me...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mamma Lou Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008867254512,"sku":"9780997395600","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997395600_p0.jpg?v=1763902667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997395600","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}