{"product_id":"9781465348401","title":"The Good \u0026 The Hard Times in Los Angeles","description":"Join the exhilarating adventure of Los Angeles in the 1970s as you  \u003cbr\u003eenter an era where fast muscle cars, bright neon lights, and that  \u003cbr\u003eurban street style ruled . . .   \u003cbr\u003eSteve was having the worst day of his life. He lost his job; he lost his family; and he  \u003cbr\u003efound himself in the worst part of the city where he almost lost his life. As he  \u003cbr\u003ewanders through neighbourhoods filled with street walkers, tweakers, gangs and  \u003cbr\u003ethe homeless, lives from those very streets begin to intermingle with his own.  \u003cbr\u003eChris and his crew confront him. Richie rescues him. Angelica learns to love him.  \u003cbr\u003eIn the pulse of the city, other lives change. Chris wants to change, to start to give  \u003cbr\u003eback to a community that has always been his home. In spite of a negative home  \u003cbr\u003eand life in a hard-core school, Juan learns the true meaning of responsibility and  \u003cbr\u003efamily and allowing one's talents to shine. There are heroes here too. Juan and  \u003cbr\u003eSteve, from very different worlds, both save lives. Chris uses his street smarts to  \u003cbr\u003ementor a troubled youth. As the lives of gang members and victims, heroes and  \u003cbr\u003eeveryday people play out in a neighbourhood of poverty and pride, the reader  \u003cbr\u003ebegins to understand the complexity of intertwining lives and the victory in  \u003cbr\u003epersonal bests, positive change and the ability to accept and forgive.  \u003cbr\u003eThe Good \u0026amp; the Hard Times in LOS ANGELES is a true marriage of novel writi ng and  \u003cbr\u003efi lm making. The text provides a hard-hitti ng, lean-and-mean look at the less  \u003cbr\u003eglamorous streets of LOS ANGELES that manage to produce some of the fi nest  \u003cbr\u003epeople. The stories of Chris as he develops a sense of social responsibility, of  \u003cbr\u003eJuan, as he matures into a hard-working, talented arti st and family provider and  \u003cbr\u003eof Steve, who discovers that the worst day of his life has brought him the most  \u003cbr\u003ehappiness he has ever known. Their stories are vibrantly told in gripping chapters  \u003cbr\u003ewhere street dancing, gang confrontati ons, and graffi ti competi ti ons spring from  \u003cbr\u003ethe pages.  \u003cbr\u003eScribendi Canada . . .   \u003cbr\u003eThe Good \u0026amp; The Hard Times in LOS ANGELES, is a fast-paced, interesting  \u003cbr\u003elook at the lives of very special people and how they connect. It is a  \u003cbr\u003egood glimpse into the people and the situations that made the 70's in LA a  \u003cbr\u003especial time in a special place.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156091715824,"sku":"9781465348401","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781465348401_p0.jpg?v=1763684666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781465348401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}