{"product_id":"somethingisallweget","title":"Something Is All We Get","description":"\u003cp\u003eI worked crisis in Sagebrush City, a desert city in the Southwest. Almost nobody got saved. Some people got a good afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe names have been changed, and so have a lot of the details, to protect everyone, including me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery win at the office got the Cabbage Patch. A client got housing: Cabbage Patch. A landlord called back: a restrained Cabbage Patch. A county worker admitted we were right: full Cabbage Patch, possibly with travel. Nobody was allowed to get good at the dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA client asked us to help pick his rap name. We declined, because rap names were outside our professional scope. Then we named about forty other people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn paper, one young mother's name was CLIENT DECLINED TO GIVE LEGAL NAME. The phrase means somebody in charge asked once and never asked again. The neighborhood called her something worse. In my head, I called her Lani, the way her mother had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI looked for her for three weeks, between other people's emergencies. I found her at a laundromat in a run-down strip mall, in a fake fur jacket with bald spots, washing worn shirts and tiny socks. Her little boy, Dante, was asleep in his stroller with a bag of chips in his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was no miracle. No housing placement. The next day there was another case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor one afternoon, I saw her. One afternoon isn't enough. One afternoon is still something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome days, something is all we get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomething Is All We Get\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of ten Sagebrush City books. Read them in any order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEbook (epub), delivered right after purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free: \u003c\/strong\u003eJukebox, a short bonus Sagebrush City book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reality Services Office","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54152599896248,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4459\/2824\/files\/Something_is_All_1500x1200T.png?v=1790882451","url":"https:\/\/realityservicesoffice.com\/products\/somethingisallweget","provider":"Reality Services Office","version":"1.0","type":"link"}