{"product_id":"naked-in-the-kitchen-lynda-martens-9781897289563","title":"Naked in the Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Naked in the Kitchen opens, Psychologist Charlie Campbell, and his wife Beth, are packing their son Michael, off to his first day in college. The parents are a study in contrasts. Charlie, sitting reading the paper, is so calm that he seems passively aggressive. Beth is just the opposite. She's checking lists offering advice worrying out loud. Their son Michael is torn between the apparent lack of emotion from his father and the smothering of his mother. The tension is leavened with a good bit of genuine humor along with a certain amount of edginess. With Michael dropped off at school, the tensions between Charlie and Beth escalate. Somehow the bonus in intimacy that Beth had expected with Michael's departure isn't happening. Old trauma and deep seated pains that were only hinted at in the opening scenes erupt as some surprising new events come to the surface. Back into what's become a standoff with the parents comes Michael with a new friend from school, Kevin. Although he's a fellow freshman Kevin does add a sophomoric but thoughtfully comic note of humanity to the tense situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynda Martens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1897289561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897289563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scirocco Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Lynda Martens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486227706111,"sku":"9781897289563","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_531392bb-ddfe-4a5f-a965-cb50f50b6623.jpg?v=1778054456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naked-in-the-kitchen-lynda-martens-9781897289563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}