{"product_id":"brother-one-cell-isbn-9780143113119","title":"Brother One Cell","description":"Cullen Thomas was just like the thousands of other American kids who travel abroad after college. He was hungry for meaning and excitement beyond a nine-to-five routine, so he set off for Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and look for adventure. What he got was a three-and-a- half-year drug-crime sentence in South Korea's prisons, where the physical toll of life in a cell was coupled with the mental anguish of maintaining sanity in a world that couldn't have been more foreign. This is Thomas's unvarnished account of his eye-opening, ultimately life-affirming experience. \u003ci\u003eBrother One Cell\u003c\/i\u003e is part cautionary tale, part prison memoir, and part insightful travelogue that will appeal to a wide readership, from concerned parents to armchair adventurers.\"\u003ci\u003eBrother One Cell\u003c\/i\u003e is Mr. Thomas's affecting account of his prison experience.  It's an offbeat coming of age story, the tale of a wide-eyed, innocent, middle-class American thrust into a world of deprivation and daily trials that speed his passage into adulthood and a deeper understanding of himself and the fallen creatures around him . . . told simply, and with extraordinary good humor...[T]he detail is fascinating.\"\u003cbr\u003e -William Grimes, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Compelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Scary, funny, [and] honest as hell . . . This is memoir at its highest level.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Ray LeMoine, co-author of \u003ci\u003eBabylon by Bus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In reflective, often highlighter-worthy prose . . . Thomas lyrically describes his Zenlike effort to stay sane through shoe-factory work and prison basketball.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"His account of that journey [to higher understanding] is gripping.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304865583333,"sku":"NP9780143113119","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143113119.jpg?v=1767723109","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/brother-one-cell-isbn-9780143113119","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}