{"product_id":"9781452543116","title":"Derailed: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eDerailed is the saga of a highly successful businessman brought down by mere allegations of misconduct, his subsequent confrontation with an American legal system that categorically denied him a fair trial.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA “natural” entrepreneur, Jerry started a $20 million dollar health care company from scratch, then took over a corrupt, bankrupt mail order pharmacy and within one year turned it into a $30 million dollar company. And all of that would have been just the beginning. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut when Jerry found himself entangled in a legal battle over allegations of sexual assault brought by the sons of an evangelical pastor in one of the cradles of the religious right, it all came crashing down. As a gay man highly successful in business, Jerry did not fit the moralist model of the prevailing “community.” In short, he wasn’t supposed to be successful.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book details Jerry’s early life, the rapid rise of his successful healthcare companies, and the fall that came with the criminal indictment.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDerailed is a powerful commentary on the hypocrisy of an American society founded on the principles of equality and tolerance, yet steeped in institutionalized prejudice, and a stinging indictment of our system of courts and jurisprudence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128737054960,"sku":"9781452543116","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452543116_p0.jpg?v=1763847084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452543116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}