{"product_id":"derailed-a-memoir-9781452543123","title":"Derailed: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eDerailed is the saga of a highly successful businessman brought down by mere allegations of misconduct, his subsequent confrontation with an American legal system that categorically denied him a fair trial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA \"natural\" entrepreneur, Jerry started a $20 million dollar health care company from scratch, then took over a corrupt, bankrupt mail order pharmacy and within one year turned it into a $30 million dollar company. And all of that would have been just the beginning. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when Jerry found himself entangled in a legal battle over allegations of sexual assault brought by the sons of an evangelical pastor in one of the cradles of the religious right, it all came crashing down. As a gay man highly successful in business, Jerry did not fit the moralist model of the prevailing \"community.\" In short, he wasn't supposed to be successful.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book details Jerry's early life, the rapid rise of his successful healthcare companies, and the fall that came with the criminal indictment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerailed is a powerful commentary on the hypocrisy of an American society founded on the principles of equality and tolerance, yet steeped in institutionalized prejudice, and a stinging indictment of our system of courts and jurisprudence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balboa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452543123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Jerry Tanner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41838838218933,"sku":"9781452543123","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_905e2698-7379-43d5-ab89-8efd4420a27c.jpg?v=1646729283","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/derailed-a-memoir-9781452543123","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}