{"product_id":"machine-dreams-9780375705250","title":"Machine Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eCalled \"an enduring literary achievement . . . astonishing\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethis highly acclaimed debut novel f\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNight Watch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history--from the Depression to the Vietnam War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a stunning chronicle that is revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each member of the Hampson family. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jeans becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is \"among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e), by a master of contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Tickets, Machine Dreams, Fast Lanes, Shelter, MotherKind, Lark and Termite, Quiet Dell, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNight Watch\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Bunting Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Winner of an Arts and Letters Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she was inducted into the Academy in 2018. A National Book Award finalist, and twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, she lives in New York and Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900447527186,"sku":"9780375705250","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_214ed72d-5d56-4151-a417-8e40a7068aa6.jpg?v=1738382808","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/machine-dreams-9780375705250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}