{"product_id":"retracing-my-steps","title":"Retracing My Steps","description":"“Retracing My Steps” is a retrospective assembly of memoirs combining reimagined and vastly expanded work from previous collections with new, unpublished reminiscences. It chronicles the journey of a Jewish man who grew up when the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals described homosexuality as a mental disorder. He covered his fundamental wiring with marriage which, of course, did not work. He became a successful university professor. He lived in a Zen monastery in Japan, and taught briefly in Israel. Glaucoma took away his vision and his career when he was forty-nine. He reinvented himself by accepting ordination as a Zen Monk, without abandoning Judaism. He became a volunteer in AIDS hospices and prisons in California and Texas. “Retracing My Steps” describes his evolution from a frightened adolescent to a productive, resilient octogenarian, concluding that honesty has made all the difference.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0H5V6QK9L\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0H5V6QK9L.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ashkenazi, Ari\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834442514493,"sku":"BVV.B0H5V6QK9L.G","price":74.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0H5V6QK9L-0.jpg?v=1792185392","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/retracing-my-steps","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}