{"product_id":"visible-empire-9781328588791","title":"Visible Empire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn \"intimate and revelatory\" (Tom Perrota) novel--based on true events--charting a single sweltering summer in Atlanta that left no one unchanged\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a humid summer day, the phones begin to ring: disaster has struck. \u003cem\u003eChateau de Sully, \u003c\/em\u003e a Boeing 707 chartered to ferry home more than one hundred of Atlanta's most prominent citizens from a European jaunt, crashed in Paris shortly after takeoff. Overnight, the city of Atlanta changes. Left behind are children, spouses, lovers, and friends faced with renegotiating their lives--the hedonism of the sixties and the urgency of the civil rights movement at the city's doorstep. \u003cbr\u003e With \u003cem\u003eVisible Empire, \u003c\/em\u003e Hannah Pittard \"brings her kaleidoscopic perspective to a catastrophe on an epic scale\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e). Captivating and ambitious--and inspired by true events--this is a story of race, class, power, privilege, and, ultimately, of promise and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHANNAH PITTARD was born in Atlanta. She is the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eListen to Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fates Will Find Their Way.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a professor of English at the University of Kentucky, where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50464600949010,"sku":"9781328588791","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f1a1215-44af-42c7-b5fd-f826d1158213.jpg?v=1730107372","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/visible-empire-9781328588791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}