{"product_id":"five-part-invention-9781639362035","title":"Five-Part Invention","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe searing and haunting debut novel from PEN finalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Andrea J. Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning five generations of women, \u003ci\u003eFive-Part\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eInvention \u003c\/i\u003ewrestles with the question--if trauma echoes through generations, can love echo, too? Is the love we transmit enough to undo the trauma of the past that we unwittingly carry with us and often re-enact in the present? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Lise, a pianist, suffers a nervous breakdown early in her marriage, her husband, in a warped act of protection and jealousy, has her piano taken away. With prose that is precise and emotionally affecting, Buchanan vividly renders how Lise's separation from her one source of expression and fulfilment cascades into her relationship with her daughter, leaving a legacy of trauma that echoes through the generations to come. Characters emerge broken and passionate, jagged, and yet hopeful and emotionally resonant, written in a way that only Buchanan, herself a conservatory-trained pianist, could achieve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFive-Part Invention\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns frightening and exquisitely observed, and establishes Buchanan as a literary force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639362035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Andrea J. Buchanan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114578219189,"sku":"9781639362035","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9437d227-b95b-4502-980b-952f2c7a3bf1.jpg?v=1652152158","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/five-part-invention-9781639362035","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}