{"product_id":"2940016269771","title":"Love on a Half Shell","description":"A shell is a hard object – tough. It can withstand the ocean's pounding for long stretches of time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shell is also cupped; it can hold tender things, protect them and allow them to grow. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Rae Greene, a thirty-something woman who has made a few mistakes and doesn't flinch from acknowledging them. She's a tough cookie with a good heart, and she's just been handed her sister's kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast forward nine months and Rae is questioning her sanity. She's lost her job with the Virginia state juvenile justice system and is forced to pack up the girls – 5-year-old Melissa and 12-year-old Torey – and move them from the comfort of her Richmond condo to her parents' summertime cottage near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in southern Virginia. The girls are miserable, Rae is miserable, and the fledgling family's battle lines are drawn. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Rae's childhood friend Chip who brings some much-needed relief to the burnt-out Rae. Chip is a mom. She knows how to do mom things, like hire babysitters, and search out day-care solutions. She can lend a shoulder to cry on when nothing about this parenting business seems easy. Even better, she knows a mom can't live by kids alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen fisherman John Clements appears like a guardian angel when the girls go missing on the water one evening, Rae senses the start of something new – a friendship that turns to more, and the realization of dreams come true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her debut novel, Elvy Howard skillfully steers the family through troubling channels of pre-school tantrums and teenage traumas. Parents everywhere will applaud Howard's brutally honest look at parenting and love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove on a Half Shell\u003cbr\u003eThree parts love, two parts grit ...\u003cbr\u003eThe perfect recipe to save a family.","brand":"Edward Allen Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101247422704,"sku":"2940016269771","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016269771_p0.jpg?v=1763639680","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016269771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}