{"product_id":"big-noise-from-laporte-a-diary-of-the-disillusioned-9781950154777","title":"Big Noise from LaPorte: A Diary of the Disillusioned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I can't possibly belong to these people. When are my real parents coming for me? Tonight, at the dinner table, Mom sent me to my room for talking too much. No freedom of speech in this house. So, I wrote a suicide note, folded it into a paper airplane and flew it into the kitchen.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this entry, quoted from a childhood journal, Holly Schroeder Link, a self-described \"wide-eyed midwestern girl on a lifelong quest for love, freedom, and fame,\" opens her memoir, \u003cem\u003eBig Noise from LaPorte: A Diary of the Disillusioned.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternately absurd and profound, hilarious and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eBig Noise from LaPorte \u003c\/em\u003ewill feel achingly familiar to any actor, athlete, ballet student, musical prodigy, or budding chess master who ever had a mother or father to both guide their career and unwittingly sabotage their psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, to those tossed by fate's unexpected events-injury, illness, upheaval, and cruel revelation-\u003cem\u003eBig Noise \u003c\/em\u003eis something of an affirmation. Though a person's life doesn't always turn out as they'd imagined, it always turns out. Sometimes it even ends with a walk down the aisle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dreamer comes to terms with reality in this story of love, loss, trauma, and forgiveness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15229534\"\u003eHolly Schroeder Link\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sager Group LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950154777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950154777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sager Group LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832846909579,"sku":"9781950154777","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_d7c9928f-e535-4032-b209-14afcc824e56.jpg?v=1755624615","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/big-noise-from-laporte-a-diary-of-the-disillusioned-9781950154777","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}