{"product_id":"something-that-helps-9781771669801","title":"Something That Helps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed Norwegian writer Mona H vring comes an intimate and stirring coming-of-age and sexual awakening story of a young woman following her own path to destruction and reconciliation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura is in her late teens, living in a small coastal town in Western Norway, the summer before her final year of school. Haunted by the death of her mother by suicide, she has a strained relationship with her fisherman father and feels the absence of her brother and closest friend, both of whom have moved away. Equal parts lonely and bewildered, a lack of guidance has made her independent, determined, and vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Laura meets the older, more experienced Vivian Koller, the encounter sets in motion a series of events that will come to define her and her future. Crucial influences converge, pushing the simultaneously childish and adult protagonist into dark places--and eventually toward the start of a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771669801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Mona H\u0026#195;\u0026#184;vring","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241145852085,"sku":"9781771669801","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/something-that-helps-9781771669801","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}