{"product_id":"9781429944847","title":"Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Eszterhas grew up in refugee camps and then in America's back alleys.  He worked as a police reporter, racing the cops to robberies and shootings. He interviewed and wrote about mass murders and serial killers. He wrote dark, sexually graphic, and violent films like \u003ci\u003eBasic Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJagged Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJade\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eEszterhas knew a lot about darkness.  Then, on a hellishly hot day in 2001, desperately battling to survive throat cancer and his addictions to alcohol and cigarettes, Joe Eszterhas found God. Or God found him.\u003cbr\u003eAnd he came from darkness into light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrossbearer\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful, poignant, and sometimes wryly humorous account of a streetwise and cynical man's newfound faith, and of how he discovers God in the most intimate and routine moments of life: a family game of baseball, a child's photograph of a cloud, a dying mother's dying roses.\u003cbr\u003eIt is also the inspiring story of a man who must overcome his addictions to stay alive—and can't by himself.  He realizes that he needs the love of his wife, his children, and especially his new friend, God, to do it.\u003cbr\u003eEszterhas is a master memoirist—his \u003ci\u003eHollywood Animal \u003c\/i\u003ewas called \"powerful and affecting\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \"absolutely first-rate\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"heartbreaking, funny and outrageous\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e)—and with \u003ci\u003eCrossbearer\u003c\/i\u003e he reveals a fresh and completely unexpected new chapter of his life. \u003cbr\u003eWith surprising tenderness and a willingness to bare even weaknesses and mistakes, Joe Eszterhas has written a startling personal story about faith, values, family and love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139277996272,"sku":"9781429944847","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429944847_p0.jpg?v=1769902477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429944847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}