{"product_id":"rich-people-in-santa-barbara-9781644285367","title":"Rich People in Santa Barbara","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe intersecting worlds of the two novellas in\u003ci\u003e Rich People in Santa Barbra\u003c\/i\u003e are worlds of privilege, worlds with eerie shadows beneath the surface.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMontecito Peak\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara Palmer, who is very rich--\"I was born lucky\"--is a good mother to fourteen-year-old Betsy, the guiding light of Bird of Paradise Books, an involved member of the \u003ci\u003eConcours d'Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e committee. But emotionally she's treading water. Her husband is a peevish alcoholic. He's a terrible father. No one would think less of her if she divorced him. But he would still always be in her life being a drag. Then one day Barbara falls in love with Mike Brooke. A reciprocated love. The odious husband has to go. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Polo Club\u003c\/i\u003e, Lydia Graham is a garden designer who grew up in Montecito. Her husband is a longboard surfer who's good at making money. He's a great father to their fifteen-year-old daughter. It's a happy marriage. Then Hunter Evans, a man whom Lydia knew when she was fourteen and he was thirty-two, returns to Santa Barbara. Socially connected, still terribly attractive--and a dubious character--he rents a condo at the Polo Club. He understands Lydia all too well, and suddenly he's a danger to her marriage. This cannot be allowed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIZABETH GILCHRIST\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Santa Barbara, California and lived much of her life there. She was head room mother at Marymount School, and an editor of \u003ci\u003eDestination Wine Country Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Neither of her two previous novels, Y\u003ci\u003eour Cheatin' Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecond Chances\u003c\/i\u003e, was set in Santa Barbara. \u003ci\u003eRich People in Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e is her Santa Barbara book, the one she's always wanted to write. She now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038953173266,"sku":"9781644285367","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a21cfeb-9e03-4c47-9fef-49dff30d3cd1.jpg?v=1771343076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rich-people-in-santa-barbara-9781644285367","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}