{"product_id":"the-invisible-circus-9780307387523","title":"The Invisible Circus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly acclaimed debut novel f\u003cb\u003erom the \u003cb\u003ebestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Good Squad \u003c\/i\u003efollows\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e two sisters in the 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e--one lost, one seeking--on \"a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen, in 1978. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis spellbinding novel introduced Egan's remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Egan\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003e A Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus;\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eEmerald City.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and her nonfiction appears frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777255670034,"sku":"9780307387523","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebafde29-8a66-48a6-86b8-8f159979ca04.jpg?v=1765357529","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-invisible-circus-9780307387523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}