{"product_id":"9781491714850","title":"Wait till I'm Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWait till I’m Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis an eye-opening memoir, using both poetry and prose, for anyone who has ever wondered about their own self-identity. Through the author’s journey as a child questioning her mother’s love to the loss of a twenty-year relationship, to the memory- and self-esteem-destroying effects of epilepsy, she draws the reader into a world of pain and heartache. Using poetry to describe the intense emotions of her thoughts and behaviors, Eva shows how she overcomes that pain and leads readers on a journey to better understanding not only her life but their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her violent and painful childhood to the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of a family friend, she draws us into her world so that we understand who she is and the struggles she has overcome to get to where she is today. Raised by a mother who finally accepted who she was as an adult and a father who was not emotionally involved, the author poignantly chronicles her life up to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eWait till I’m Dead \u003c\/i\u003eare intense and the stories heart-wrenching, but the way the author surrounds herself with life is amazing—readers pull for her every step of the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163157283056,"sku":"9781491714850","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491714850_p0.jpg?v=1763659649","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491714850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}