{"product_id":"bridges-1467","title":"Bridges","description":"With their two voices alternating throughout the telling, this is the true story of a unique relationship that manages to transcend today’s racial and cultural divide.One is a successful Caucasian author of numerous non-fiction books who shares a home with lifelong friends in the Hollywood Hills.\u0026amp;nbsp; The other is an African American youth who grew up robbing people on the streets of downtown Los Angeles to survive, while stealing books from the library to become a savant in ancient mythology.\u0026amp;nbsp;Fifty years apart in age, they fall accidentally (or by fate) into each other’s lives at a time of transition for both.\u0026amp;nbsp; It’s a tale of two initiations: the young genius with a father in jail and a mother on drugs, suddenly recognized for his potential by a society he has scorned, and the unexpected mentor who becomes a welcomed denizen of a neighborhood he’s never entered before.Recounting experiences past and present from their differing points of view, Russ and Romeo move far beyond the stereotypes of well-intentioned white liberal and angry black youth.\u0026amp;nbsp; Amid a backdrop of contemporary issues impacting the inner city, their initiations are fraught with risk and revelation, including the doubts, fears and often the seeming impossibility of finding common ground.\u0026amp;nbsp;Arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, facing a foster care system that abused him and now seeks to claim his newborn child, Romeo learns to trust Russ’s coming to his aid.\u0026amp;nbsp; Russ puts his career and perhaps his freedom on the line over what he perceives as injustice.\u0026amp;nbsp; Their mutual leap into the unknown ultimately comes to encompass a spiritual dimension that includes shamanic divination and psychedelic experience.\u0026amp;nbsp; What began with Romeo’s remarkable recitation from Homer’s Odyssey turns into a modern-day enactment of its themes.\u0026amp;nbsp; Ultimately, this is a mysterious and timeless story about Destiny and Love.","brand":"Romeo Keyes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67616648790076,"sku":"9781510776272","price":11195.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781510776272.jpg?v=1790944613","url":"https:\/\/libertybooks.com\/products\/bridges-1467","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}