{"product_id":"managed-care-9781684331406","title":"Managed Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Funniest book I've ever read.\" -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wise Ass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year's advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Johnson doesn't think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn't occupy nearly enough of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn this forced relationship to his advantage - launching a string of absurd decisions, inappropriate behaviors and unexpected glimpses of tenderness that ultimately turn a New Jersey suburb upside down. A laugh-out-loud celebration of bad choices for good causes, \u003cem\u003eManaged Care\u003c\/em\u003e is an offbeat story about three misfits on the social fringes of suburbia and their ridiculous campaign to introduce an unfiltered version of intimacy to their stale, impersonal community. Because, according to Frank, it's probably what Jesus would have wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrab a copy \u003cem\u003eManaged Care\u003c\/em\u003e today... \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecalls it, \"Witty, occasionally crass, and an unqualified delight!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarrett, Joe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joe Barrett has spent the past twenty-five years as a chief executive of entrepreneurial organizations ranging from private, venture-funded companies to large publicly-listed multinational corporations. He has been a frequent speaker at National Retail Federation conferences and has sat on the boards of several for-profit and non-profit companies. His short fiction has been published in Iconoclast, The Storyteller and The Palo Alto Review. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey.","brand":"Black Rose Writing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614352052498,"sku":"9781684331406","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8585903c-7c39-4506-b059-80428cba0524.jpg?v=1732440504","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/managed-care-9781684331406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}