{"product_id":"the-uses-of-enchantment-9781400078110","title":"The Uses of Enchantment","description":"One Autumn day in 1985, sixteen-year-old Mary Veal vanishes from her Massachusetts prep school. A few weeks later she reappears unharmed and with little memory of what happened to her--or at least little that she is willing to share. Was Mary abducted, or did she fake her disappearance? This question haunts Mary's family, her psychologist, even Mary herself. Weaving together three narratives, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003econjures a spell in which the hallucinatory power of a young woman's sexuality, and her desire to wield it, has devastating consequences for all involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two previous novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of Living Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a collaborative book, \u003ci\u003eHotel Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e, with the artist Jenny Gage. She is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Time, The New York Times, McSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eamong other places. She lives in Manhattan and Maine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50849725907218,"sku":"9781400078110","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a80f3e7-4dbf-499c-9fc5-0bc0b498671d.jpg?v=1737401268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-uses-of-enchantment-9781400078110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}