{"product_id":"a-memoir-david-ruffin-my-temptation","title":"A Memoir: David Ruffin - My Temptation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about my life--a sojourn that began at the age of four at the hand of my alcoholic mother, and then twisted and turned throughout time and space. The chaos eventually included the decade-plus astutely spent with my partner-in-time, David Ruffin-- lead singer of The Temptations. My memoir is shared with love and sadness, and hopefully a bit of humor and profundity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story includes a glimpse into my early life with the intention of illustrating how it happened that I was already programmed into the \"victim\" consciousness before he and I met. This made the move into an abusive relationship with David just a natural extension of reality as I knew it to be--love was pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a struggle to both love David and to maintain sanity, which was precarious at times, as well as spare some sorely needed and well-deserved attention for Little David\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, I am frequently reminded, and so remind the reader, that David was only human --a struggling soul. He was a beloved child of God whose particular hell-on-earth was to act jovial, while battling many powerful demons. He was a child of God who lost the battle-but not the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Genna Sapia-Ruffin,David Sapia-Ruffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 1st Book Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.50w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781403349705\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1st Book Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53323762303274,"sku":"9781403349705","price":36.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_ae5f6b02-8068-4d21-95f5-7f02b315d656.jpg?v=1793057073","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/a-memoir-david-ruffin-my-temptation","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}