{"product_id":"strong-motion-9781250823984","title":"Strong Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Bestselling Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jonathan Franzen, an abundantly gifted writer, has even more nerve than talent\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), and he refuses to play it safe in this bold, layered ecological thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of strange happenings--earthquakes strike the city, and the first one kills his grandmother. During a bitter feud over the inheritance, Louis falls in love with a young seismologist, Renée Seitchek, whose theory about the origin of the earthquakes turns his world upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No doubt about it: Jonathan Franzen . . . is one of the most extraordinary writers around.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStrong Motion\u003c\/i\u003e seems for a while like a brilliant chaos. Bit by bit, the chaos settles . . . the brilliant things remain, and the connections among them begin to appear.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, including\u003ci\u003e The Corrections, Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, and five works of nonfiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eFarther Away\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553999393042,"sku":"9781250823984","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85db8d83-6324-42a7-bb8c-2e3b5366259a.jpg?v=1731704923","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strong-motion-9781250823984","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}