{"product_id":"vespers-a-memoir-in-verse-9798892822039","title":"Vespers - a memoir in verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVespers- a memoir in verse \u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate autobiographical collection of poems by a man whose life has been anything but ordinary. Raised Catholic on the streets of Chicago, the author charts a soulful journey through the city's grit and grandeur, capturing the quiet revolutions of a life lived in search of meaning, recovery, and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom behind the wheel of a cab to the pre-dawn rhythms of a bakery, from the heartbreak and healing of addictions counseling to the sacred silences of chaplaincy, these poems are witness to a man who has seen humanity in all its raw and radiant forms. With reverence for nature, music, and art, he finds the sacred in the everyday and invites readers to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeleckis, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David Beleckis grew up in Marquette Park, Chicago. He attended Loyola University and the University of Arizona. He has worked as a hospital and hospice chaplain, an addiction counselor, baker, photographer, and, most formatively cabdriver. His work-across streets, clinics, and hospital rooms-reflects a calling and the belief that every life holds a sacred story worth hearing. Dave is retired and lives in River Forest, Illinois with his wife Joan.","brand":"DJ Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690706370834,"sku":"9798892822039","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41607a86-e716-4dbe-a51f-f32327eeca1b.jpg?v=1761744609","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vespers-a-memoir-in-verse-9798892822039","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}