{"product_id":"9781462849956","title":"TO THE BIN AND BACK","description":"This is a true story of one rugby playing boy's journey from normal  \u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand rural life in the 1980's to the depths of the last decayed  \u003cbr\u003eand torturous mental intuitions. Take a ring side seat into an explosive  \u003cbr\u003efi ght for freedom and sanity.  \u003cbr\u003e\"When you're a mental patient living inside a loony bin, at fi rst  \u003cbr\u003eyou think that the precarious thing about saving yourself is trying  \u003cbr\u003eto remain sane while living close to the edge. One becomes very  \u003cbr\u003ecareful not to go native, to get caught up in the liberating eff ects  \u003cbr\u003eof no longer having to conform within a conventional society.  \u003cbr\u003eOne forgets what sane is - one can't help going native. One soon  \u003cbr\u003elearns we are all crazy in diff ering degrees and in the subjective  \u003cbr\u003eeyes of others. I came to the conclusion that, the real battle is not  \u003cbr\u003eto remain sane as a mental patient; your sanity is irrelevant. You  \u003cbr\u003ebegin to believe life in the bin is not survival of the fi ttest; it's not  \u003cbr\u003ereal survival at all.\"","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155633324272,"sku":"9781462849956","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462849956_p0.jpg?v=1763679230","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462849956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}