{"product_id":"bad-catholic-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Bad Catholic: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"How could the very thing that felt like my salvation be the exact thing that signaled my mother's ruin?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Catholic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Joe Thomas strips away the secrets of a life defined by an unwanted adoption by a predatory stepfather and a mother who retreated into an alcoholic haze to deny the undeniable. It is the raw account of a boy forced to balance the innocence of childhood and the pressures of being a teenager with the \"house of horrors\" he returned to every night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the grit of late-night bars to the blood-stained kitchen floor of his childhood home in Connecticut, Joe's journey is one of calculated survival, culminating in a one-way Greyhound ride to Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiercely honest and unflinching, this memoir marks the shift from a life defined by family secrets to a man defining himself by his own truth. It is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the courage it takes to finally stop waiting for a rescue and decide, once and for all, \u003cstrong\u003eit's time to save myself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 394\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49554451595416,"sku":"9798995078401","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/r_zqLC8mv99798995078401.webp?v=1784966736","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-catholic-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}