{"product_id":"as-the-wheels-turn-skating-dating-and-long-distance-love-9798897472499","title":"As the Wheels Turn: Skating, Dating, and Long-Distance Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1978, long before his hometown rink ever opens its doors, a New Jersey teenager meets a girl from Missouri who captures his heart at first glance. What begins as a fleeting vacation romance deepens into something neither time nor distance can easily erase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, a new roller rink becomes the center of his world-a place of flashing lights, pulsing music, and new love in constant motion. Weekend by weekend, he comes of age beneath the glow of the rink, caught up in its rhythms and rituals. Yet beyond it all, the letters from Missouri keep arriving, each one a quiet reminder that his story may be unfolding somewhere far beyond New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then the letters stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the silence that follows, heartbreak gives way to determination, sending him in search of the girl he never forgot. As the phone rings, one question lingers: Was their connection truly lost-or simply waiting for him to find his way back?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by real experiences and told with warmth, honesty, and vivid nostalgia, As the Wheels Turn captures the exhilaration, innocence, and ache of coming of age in the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Dieteman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Koehler Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897472499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDieteman, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jack Dieteman is a high school graduate and retired letter carrier from New Jersey whose teenage years were shaped by roller-skating culture, roller-rink romances, and a long-distance romance that stayed with him for decades.He is heavily involved in his local classic car club and spent thirty years umpiring men's slow-pitch softball, an experience that taught him to see things clearly, often in black and white. Drawing from real events and the original letters, photos, and memories he preserved, Jack brings to life the world of late-'70s and early-'80s youth with honesty, humor, and heart. \"As The Wheels Turn\" is his debut book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jack Dieteman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48968432550045,"sku":"9798897472499","price":28.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2a181e70-1f6b-4966-8b24-61609f20b771.jpg?v=1790751943","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/as-the-wheels-turn-skating-dating-and-long-distance-love-9798897472499","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}