{"product_id":"pine-melody-a-memoir-9798295403217","title":"Pine Melody: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwerving to avoid a deer on a dark Wisconsin highway in early summer, 22-year old Gabe lost control of the car. His 29-year old brother Jonah, singing along with him as he drove, absorbed the full force of the impact with an oncoming pick-up driven by the Chief of a First Nation. The crash left Jonah with severe traumatic brain injury, Gabe with a broken femur, and soil samples, meticulously gathered for Jonah's graduate research project on agroforestry, strewn across the highway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs General Counsel for a Philadelphia medical center, I was competent enough to interact with my sons' care teams, but lost all semblance of professionalism when neither my legal expertise, search for a medical miracle nor tenacity of my love was able to bring benefit to Jonah. He lingered in a coma for three months before dying in hospice. I was left to find a way to carry on for the sake of Jonah's brothers while handling my own grief and helplessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmersing myself in Jonah's journals and memories of his extraordinary, spirit-filled life, my pillars of support materialized--meditation, yoga, prayer and sailing. With Jonah as my spirit guide in the bard and beyond, I navigated pathways between terror and beauty that Jonah had spent his life seeking. Pine Melody is the result of my journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeadows, Stacey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stacey Is the mother of three sons and grandmother of three young granddaughters. She currently lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with her husband Christoph, who is a sculptor, and her German Short-haired Pointer, Luna. Pine Melody is her first book.","brand":"Stacey Meadows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998124769554,"sku":"9798295403217","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b618a6a0-5577-4d34-8d9a-ca0843cc0123.jpg?v=1770140181","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pine-melody-a-memoir-9798295403217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}