{"product_id":"9781943650316","title":"Crashing Through Walls","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo weeks after her son Jeff’s eighteenth birthday, the author boarded a plane. A flight attendant called her name and said, “There’s been an accident.” Jeff was in a coma with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this riveting memoir, Janis Ruoff tells the story of Jeff’s recovery and the family’s life since that day. This story is a profound, tragic and yet oddly hilarious tale of the long term effects of a TBI on Jeff and of family life with a teenager becoming a man with a severely injured brain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor both Janis and Jeff, the story told in this memoir is one of crashing through walls of depression and feelings of defeat, over and over, to get to a better life. Readers will be moved to tears and laughter, and will gain new understanding and compassion for the millions of people in the United States who sustain a brain injury each year from many different causes, including motor vehicle accidents, falls, sports, violence and the injuries of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ruoff Publishing and Training, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039896912112,"sku":"9781943650316","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943650316_p0.jpg?v=1763766873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943650316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}