{"product_id":"from-the-ashes","title":"From the Ashes","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse’s drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. Finally, he realized he would die unless he turned his life around\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ascendant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41384785871027,"sku":"978-1-982101-21-3","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/6530\/0659\/products\/image_fd96473f-1346-4c80-9068-a9c634f2b280.png?v=1649279152","url":"https:\/\/www.ascendantbooks.com\/products\/from-the-ashes","provider":"Ascendant Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}