{"product_id":"9781492635741","title":"Dead Inside: A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[An] unnerving and heartrending  memoir...\"—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fast-paced memoir that gives readers a glimpse  into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious  \"tough love\" program the ACLU called \"a concentration camp for  throwaway kids.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the professionals at Straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, Straight Inc. was a drug rehab. But on the inside it was...well, it was something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Cyndy wanted was to be loved and accepted. By age fourteen, she had escaped from her violent home, only to be reported as a runaway and sent to a \"drug rehabilitation\" facility that changed her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the public, Straight Inc. was a place of recovery. But behind closed doors, the program used bizarre and intimidating methods to \"treat\" its patients. In her raw and fearless memoir, Cyndy Etler recounts her sixteen months in the living nightmare that Straight Inc. considered \"healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175695302896,"sku":"9781492635741","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781492635741_p0.jpg?v=1763661910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781492635741","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}