{"product_id":"9781482882780","title":"Escape to America","description":"\u003cp\u003eI stayed in the USA from 1989 to 2008. However, my purpose of moving to the USA was a little different from ordinary Japanese people going there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, it is said that there are many cases of depression in Japan. In the 1980s, I was suffering from severe depression myself. I didn’t even know it was depression at the time, but I still remember how I was horrifyingly distressed day after day. With the cold eyes of people everywhere, I couldn’t help becoming conscious of suicidal thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn those days of agony, in order to escape reality, I decided to say goodbye to my old life in Japan and start a new life in a foreign country. As a result, I headed for New York and ended up staying there for nineteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the new setting of a strange country, I frantically went on living everyday without being able to give a thought to my illness. Then before I knew it, I was not only free from my deep depression but was happy with everyday life and had regained the joy of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince coming back to Japan, I have come to miss my life in the US and cherish the memory of it. As I’m getting older, I am determined to organize these experiences into a book for fear of forgetting them and my deepest gratitude to the people I met in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Partridge Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49899197399280,"sku":"9781482882780","price":13.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482882780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}