{"product_id":"a-memoir-david-ruffin-my-temptation-9781403349705","title":"A Memoir: David Ruffin - My Temptation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about my life--a sojourn that began at the age of four at the hand of my alcoholic mother, and then twisted and turned throughout time and space. The chaos eventually included the decade-plus astutely spent with my partner-in-time, David Ruffin-- lead singer of The Temptations. My memoir is shared with love and sadness, and hopefully a bit of humor and profundity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story includes a glimpse into my early life with the intention of illustrating how it happened that I was already programmed into the \"victim\" consciousness before he and I met. This made the move into an abusive relationship with David just a natural extension of reality as I knew it to be--love was pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a struggle to both love David and to maintain sanity, which was precarious at times, as well as spare some sorely needed and well-deserved attention for Little David\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, I am frequently reminded, and so remind the reader, that David was only human --a struggling soul. He was a beloved child of God whose particular hell-on-earth was to act jovial, while battling many powerful demons. He was a child of God who lost the battle-but not the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"1st Book Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492433269010,"sku":"9781403349705","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88df4e2a-8837-44f1-bf3e-b50a3ba0d572.jpg?v=1730590431","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-memoir-david-ruffin-my-temptation-9781403349705","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}