{"product_id":"9780944048313","title":"Chasing Steam","description":"InChasing Steam,Jamie Stern traces the life of her grandmother, Esther, from war-torn Bialystok, Poland to Paterson, New Jersey. From Esther's birth in 1906 to her first job in America selling oranges. From the Paterson opera coach with a school of speech and drama to the poetry of Wordsworth, Longfellow and Shakespeare. Sustaining loves carried through her long and determined life, with a leather purse holding dinner rolls and a deck of cards hiding 52 twenty dollar bills. Jamie Stern conjures Esther for the sheer pleasure of her company and chases her through a life, always hard, always hidden, getting as close as she could: Since I was taller than Esther on her knees,\/I bent over until our shoulders touched.\/Until our eyes were level.\/ Until her breath stopped at my cheek.","brand":"Virtual Artists Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49792020480240,"sku":"9780944048313","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780944048313","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}