{"product_id":"9780998578125","title":"Embraced: Book Two: Encounters Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn encounter with her changed his future. An encounter with God changed him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople don’t set out to fail. Sometimes failure happens spectacularly with plenty of notorious attention. Other times, it comes quietly, almost with a sigh of relief. When my wife asked me for a divorce hours after my father’s funeral, only the timing was a surprise. I believed the failure of my marriage from beginning to end, along with heartache it caused, especially to my father, was unredeemable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy father was one of the finest men I ever knew. He left me a great example and a cherished legacy, one I couldn’t run from, no matter how ashamed I was to face it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery step I took brought more trouble, though. In those months after my father died, my uncle Nolan helped me discover I needed to make peace with a lot more than Phil Shannon’s memory. So I did what any prodigal would do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI decided to go home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeciding to go is one thing. Getting there is another matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mindstir Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024288039152,"sku":"9780998578125","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998578125_p0.jpg?v=1763958922","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998578125","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}