{"product_id":"9781771669801","title":"Something That Helps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed Norwegian writer Mona Høvring 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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 144 pages | 5.25\" x 8\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mona Høvring","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67803963785448,"sku":"9781771669801x","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ab77c66-9e02-4ecc-9b1f-6f6d75c3193e.jpg?v=1790702202","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.ca\/products\/9781771669801","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}