{"product_id":"pink-elephants-paperback","title":"Pink Elephants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLloyd Negoescu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust before birdshot obliterated his spine and embedded in a lung, \u003c\/p\u003enine-year-old Lloyd didn't hear the crack of the shotgun.Thrust from behind, his body lunged  while he repeated the prayer, \"I don't want to die.\"Bleeding on the floor, he passed out for the first time.\u003cp\u003eParalyzed and already having endured hospital after hospital, fifteen-year-old Lloyd is relegated to The Crippled Children's Hospital in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. A kind of Hotel California, it's an institution where most were held hostage at least two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiminutive and weak from lack of treatment, but certainly not for lack of abuse, Lloyd is uniquely prepared for this world of bullies-not the staff, but other young disabled patients, left unpoliced, who would make \"Lord of the Flies\" look like an island paradise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeparated from his family and all he's ever known, Lloyd must endure surgery after surgery and survive in an environment woefully devoid of quality hygienics, and where deadly infections reigned supreme. Most painful of all, he feels empathy for his fellow frail patients who endure the brunt of the bullies' treatment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Lloyd claw his way up the hierarchy of a hardened Boys Ward to protect the weakest among them? Can he even protect himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1965, his personal story is told humorously, and gives a peek into a flawed medical system and those on both sides of the hospital beds, just trying to survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLloyd's true tale provides hope and inspiration for a life beyond the bed, one which is not bound by society's limiting beliefs, and is a tribute to all who suffer physical and mental anguish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849170477363,"sku":"9781646493029","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UxWbj6CrOk9781646493029.webp?v=1786568140","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/pink-elephants-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}