{"product_id":"9780399537288","title":"Hot Cripple: An Incurable Smart-ass Takes on the Health Care System and Lives to Tell the Tale","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGorman, Hogan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTarcher\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/6\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e From Prada to poverty-one woman's harrowing and hilarious  journey \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEx-model Hogan Gorman was living the typical New York working  actor's life-auditions and classes by day, waitressing and fending off  handsy customers by night-when a wise (or just crazy) friend convinced  her to ask the universe for a change. And she got one-coming at her at  forty miles per hour. Hit by a car and suffering debilitating injuries,  and with no health insurance, the fashionista attempts to bounce back  into her (thrift store-purchased) Jimmy Choos even as she deals with  short-term memory loss, stalker ambulance drivers, trying to stay vegan  on food stamps, crazy judges, hot doctors, and unsympathetic government  workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by her acclaimed one-woman show, this is a bitingly funny  and keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social  welfare system and how one woman's resilience combined with a generous  dollop of humor helped her fight her way to recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45571242524927,"sku":"9780399537288","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780399537288_s600x595.jpg?v=1777307228","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780399537288","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}