{"product_id":"9781416955115","title":"Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of eighteen, after one too many run-ins with the cops for drug possession, he left his upper-middle-class home in Princeton, New Jersey, for a stint at a rehab facility in Riverside, California. Instead of getting clean, he spent his year there shooting crystal meth and living as a petty criminal among not-so-petty ones until a near psychotic episode (among other things) convinced him to clean up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn stark prose infused with heartbreaking insight, wicked humor, and complete veracity, Salant provides graphic descriptions of life on crystal meth — the incredible sex drive, the paranoia, the cravings. He details the slang, the scams, and the psychoses, and weaves them into a narrative that is breathtakingly honest and authentic. Salant grapples with his attraction to the thuggish life, eschewing easy answers — his parents, both therapists, were loving and supportive, and his family's subtle dysfunctions typical of almost any American family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the allure and effects of the least understood drug of our time, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Dirty Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarity among memoirs — a compulsively readable, superbly told story that is shocking precisely because it could happen to almost anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043975872752,"sku":"9781416955115","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416955115_p0.jpg?v=1763728433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416955115","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}