{"product_id":"roller-coaster-9781594931697","title":"Roller Coaster","description":"Two very different reasons brought Laura Izmani and Helen Baynor to the Beach Boardwalk for a symbolic ride on the biggest wooden roller coaster on the west coast. They part strangers, but only after sharing an experience that shifted both of their lives onto new tracks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir paths cross again decades later when Laura interviews with Helen to become the private chef for the Baynor household. Given what Laura revealed during that fateful coaster ride, she's relieved that Helen seems to have forgotten her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiercely protective of her children, Helen--now a famous stage actress and widow with teenaged twins--divides her time between home in a sleepy California enclave and the bright lights of Broadway. Continuing her carefully managed life until her children leave for college is all she wants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir first roller coaster ride together may turn out to be only a prelude...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bella Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594931697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Karin Kallmaker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661133115548,"sku":"9781594931697","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7e31fca4-612d-4cab-b6d0-13e30c348c16.jpg?v=1603898719","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/roller-coaster-9781594931697","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}