{"product_id":"stolen-a-forensic-memoir-9798250276887","title":"Stolen: A Forensic Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jr. Velez Herbert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Parenting - Fatherhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStolen\u003c\/i\u003e is the unflinching account of a man confronting the life he lived before he became the man he needed to be. It is not a memoir. It is a forensic reconstruction of identity, consequence, and the quiet lies we tell ourselves to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbert Velez Jr traces the fractures that shaped him - the childhood he lost, the love he built on false foundations, the masks he wore, the stories he invented, and the moments that forced him to stop running from himself. Through cold honesty and emotional precision, he exposes the cost of self-deception and the long climb back to clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the emotional blueprint behind the philosophy he later built in \u003ci\u003eMissed Connections\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the life beneath the lessons, the man beneath the father, and the truth beneath the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStolen\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to anyone who has survived themselves, anyone who has lived two versions of their life, and anyone who understands that becoming a better man doesn't start with wisdom - it starts with accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for his son, Amir, this book stands as evidence: a man is not defined by the hole he fell into, but by the ladder he builds to climb out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592773025943,"sku":"9798250276887","price":848.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250276887.webp?v=1774979245","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stolen-a-forensic-memoir-9798250276887","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}