{"id":8,"date":"2025-07-07T23:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:00:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c9c83e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c9c83e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9208d35\" data-id=\"9208d35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-97dc757 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97dc757\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/raymondsierra.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/1752014548U-5706_Dust_Particles_1920x1080.mp4&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container elementor-hidden-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4d3027\" data-id=\"e4d3027\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ac114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78ac114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fourteen <span style=\"font-family:cookie;font-weight:500\">Days<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8dcb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b8dcb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A powerful story of youth, friendship, and finding your voice!<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2f5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f2f5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raymond Sierra crafts 1985&#8217;s sweltering tension: a slacker&#8217;s last summer of baseball and rebellion. Bullies, brotherly shadows, and a neighbor&#8217;s rage ignite when hidden fireworks promise chaos. Adolescence shatters in fourteen relentless days.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00f0a41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00f0a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"193\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008638.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-54cdf41\" data-id=\"54cdf41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a7ff6 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd61bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dd61bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96863f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96863f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fourteen Days<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab60f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab60f94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the sweat-soaked summer of 1985, fourteen-year-old David McAlister braces for high school&#8217;s looming shadow. Branded &#8220;The Ultimate Slacker&#8221; by his family, he escapes into backyard baseball with his tight-knit crew: stoic Nick, brash Evan, and brainy Jessie. But when a stray ball lands in the yard of Willie, a neighbor whose rage simmers like the July heat, their fragile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eacdd80 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eacdd80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/books\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"193\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008639-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91babf8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-78b3864 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78b3864\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-43e86aa\" data-id=\"43e86aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d942656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d942656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Featured in The Hollywood Magazine<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58bcc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a58bcc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cSuburbia on a Slow Burn: Inside Raymond Sierra\u2019s \u2018Fourteen Days\u2019\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d1155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0d1155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>We\u2019re thrilled to share that\u00a0<strong>Raymond Sierra<\/strong>\u00a0has been featured in\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Magazine<\/em>! The article highlights his creative journey and the inspiration behind his acclaimed work\u00a0<em>Fourteen Days<\/em>.<\/p><\/div><div><strong>Read the full feature here \u2192<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehollywoodmagazine.com\/featured\/suburbia-on-a-slow-burn-inside-raymond-sierras-fourteen-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Suburbia on a Slow Burn: Inside Raymond Sierra\u2019s \u201cFourteen Days\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b25728\" data-id=\"3b25728\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6c1ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e6c1ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9898-768x960-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9898-768x960-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9898-768x960-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2236d71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2236d71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cf19f0\" data-id=\"0cf19f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-edcf30a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edcf30a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e42a679\" data-id=\"e42a679\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8399df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8399df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0619a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0619a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Raymond Sierra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3885ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3885ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raymond Sierra writes with the visceral clarity of someone who knows dust on baseball bats and the weight of brotherly shadows. His prose, unflinching yet darkly lyrical, crackles with the tension of 1985&#8217;s fading innocence, where picket fences guard simmering rage and fireworks wait in damp basements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c99ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5c99ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/about-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"193\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008639-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1ce61a\" data-id=\"a1ce61a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79da840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79da840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-747x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-403\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-747x1024.png 747w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-768x1052.png 768w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image.png 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c3b4de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c3b4de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe02238\" data-id=\"fe02238\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1a7fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1a7fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blogs &amp; Articles: Conversations Around the Book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de74018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de74018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read articles and blogs that unpack the themes of the novel and connect them to real-life experiences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-defbb81 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"defbb81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a93ac3c\" data-id=\"a93ac3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e29b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5e29b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009565.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-117\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009565.png 380w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009565-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-37e00a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37e00a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f48e13\" data-id=\"7f48e13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856fe5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"856fe5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OCT 5, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a600324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a600324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Turning Ordinary Moments into Memorable Tales<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d357a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d357a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/hello-world\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-327820e\" data-id=\"327820e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7da8fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7da8fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"354\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bea5fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bea5fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OCT 5, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d667052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d667052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Home Lives Unpacked: Parenting Styles Through the Eyes of Fourteen-Year-Olds<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f2086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d5f2086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/home-lives-unpacked-parenting-styles-through-the-eyes-of-fourteen-year-olds\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-901c087\" data-id=\"901c087\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb73395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb73395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009567.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009567.png 380w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000009567-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fd613e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fd613e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f480ef2\" data-id=\"f480ef2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-922ed11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"922ed11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OCT 5, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253fa30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"253fa30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lost and Found: The Role of Memory in Shaping Identity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d5357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d3d5357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/lost-and-found-the-role-of-memory-in-shaping-identity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcb1637 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcb1637\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d764b1d\" data-id=\"d764b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0412931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0412931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real Readers, Raw Reactions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3327b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3327b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>No hype, no fluff. 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That 'slacker' kid energy? Felt like my own teenage years. Raymond Sierra nails how it feels to be stuck between not caring and caring too much. The way David notices everything \u2013 his brother's shadow, Willie's nasty glares, even the dust on that baseball bat \u2013 made me feel 14 again. Just real.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-3891009 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Chloe R.,<br><span style=\"color:#838383;font-size:16px\">Librarian (Michigan)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Forget nostalgia \u2013 this book is 1985. The sticky heat, arcade mentions, Vick's smeared on your chest\u2026 Sierra doesn't just describe it; you live it. I kept smelling cut grass and cheap peanut butter sandwiches. It's not all rose-tinted, though. That tension under the suburbia? Felt like my own Midwest childhood. More authentic than any documentary.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-052cd25 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Dev P., <br><span style=\"color:#838383;font-size:16px\">Social Worker (Illinois)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Okay, Willie scared the crap out of me. Not some cartoon villain \u2013 just a bitter dude next door. That scene where he chucks their tennis ball down the alley? Chilling. Sierra makes you feel how real fear works for kids: quiet, everyday, and way more about glares than guns. Still thinking about that shed and his dog. Neighborhood horror at its finest.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-cd0ddd9 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Elena K.,  <br><span style=\"color:#838383;font-size:16px\">Nurse (Wisconsin)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The bread argument wrecked me! That mix of guilt, humor, and Mom's exhausted 'money doesn't grow on trees' \u2013 so relatable. Sierra gets how families love you, but also suffocate you. Johnnie isn't just the 'perfect brother'; he's a ghost haunting David's life. And Lady, the dog? MVP. Made me call my own annoying\/loyal childhood pet.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e767c87 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Ben L.,  <br><span style=\"color:#838383;font-size:16px\">Musician (Indiana)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Wasn't expecting fireworks (literally!) to hit so hard. Sierra plants tiny things early \u2013 like Johnnie's bat or that basement stash \u2013 and you almost forget them. Then BAM. Those last chapters? Read 'em in one sitting. Not action-packed, just\u2026 inevitable. Like life. You know David's avoiding something big, and when it crashes down, you feel every bit of his panic.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bf2cf7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-reverse-laptop elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bf2cf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38da62d\" data-id=\"38da62d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d70a51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d70a51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real Readers, Raw Reactions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f14ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3f14ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>No hype, no fluff. Just honest thoughts from folks who lived in David&#8217;s world.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c755e2 elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor--h-position-center elementor--v-position-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"5c755e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;dots&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-bbb53cf swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Mark T., <br><span style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:16px\">Teacher (Ohio)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">David's voice hooked me from page one. That 'slacker' kid energy? Felt like my own teenage years. Raymond Sierra nails how it feels to be stuck between not caring and caring too much. The way David notices everything \u2013 his brother's shadow, Willie's nasty glares, even the dust on that baseball bat \u2013 made me feel 14 again. Just real.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-3891009 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Chloe R.,<br><span style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:16px\">Librarian (Michigan)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Forget nostalgia \u2013 this book is 1985. The sticky heat, arcade mentions, Vick's smeared on your chest\u2026 Sierra doesn't just describe it; you live it. I kept smelling cut grass and cheap peanut butter sandwiches. It's not all rose-tinted, though. That tension under the suburbia? Felt like my own Midwest childhood. More authentic than any documentary.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-052cd25 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Dev P., <br><span style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:16px\">Social Worker (Illinois)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Okay, Willie scared the crap out of me. Not some cartoon villain \u2013 just a bitter dude next door. That scene where he chucks their tennis ball down the alley? Chilling. Sierra makes you feel how real fear works for kids: quiet, everyday, and way more about glares than guns. Still thinking about that shed and his dog. Neighborhood horror at its finest.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-cd0ddd9 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Elena K.,  <br><span style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:16px\">Nurse (Wisconsin)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The bread argument wrecked me! That mix of guilt, humor, and Mom's exhausted 'money doesn't grow on trees' \u2013 so relatable. Sierra gets how families love you, but also suffocate you. Johnnie isn't just the 'perfect brother'; he's a ghost haunting David's life. And Lady, the dog? MVP. Made me call my own annoying\/loyal childhood pet.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e767c87 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-30.png\"><br><br>Ben L.,  <br><span style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:16px\">Musician (Indiana)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Wasn't expecting fireworks (literally!) to hit so hard. Sierra plants tiny things early \u2013 like Johnnie's bat or that basement stash \u2013 and you almost forget them. Then BAM. Those last chapters? Read 'em in one sitting. Not action-packed, just\u2026 inevitable. Like life. 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Raymond Sierra crafts 1985&#8217;s sweltering tension: a slacker&#8217;s last summer of baseball and rebellion. Bullies, brotherly shadows, and a neighbor&#8217;s rage ignite when hidden fireworks promise chaos. Adolescence shatters in fourteen relentless days. 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