{"product_id":"9781101560709","title":"Hot Cripple: An Incurable Smart-ass Takes on the Health Care System and Lives to Tell the Tal e","description":"\u003cb\u003e From Prada to poverty-one woman's harrowing and hilarious  journey \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEx-model Hogan Gorman was living the typical New York working  actor's life-auditions and classes by day, waitressing and fending off  handsy customers by night-when a wise (or just crazy) friend convinced  her to ask the universe for a change. And she got one-coming at her at  forty miles per hour. Hit by a car and suffering debilitating injuries,  and with no health insurance, the fashionista attempts to bounce back  into her (thrift store-purchased) Jimmy Choos even as she deals with  short-term memory loss, stalker ambulance drivers, trying to stay vegan  on food stamps, crazy judges, hot doctors, and unsympathetic government  workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by her acclaimed one-woman show, this is a bitingly funny  and keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social  welfare system and how one woman's resilience combined with a generous  dollop of humor helped her fight her way to recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128120426736,"sku":"9781101560709","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101560709_p0.jpg?v=1763687986","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101560709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}