{"product_id":"quantum-girl-theory-9780593133453","title":"Quantum Girl Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart detective novel, part ghost story, this brilliant debut asks a tantalizing question: \u003ci\u003eWhat really happens when a girl goes missing? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thrilling, many-faceted, gothic novel: Erin Kate Ryan's \u003ci\u003eQuantum Girl Theory\u003c\/i\u003e belongs in the same company as the work of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Garrett has a gift for finding missing girls, a special kind of clairvoyance she calls \"the sight.\" Lured by a poster and the promise of a reward, she arrives at a small town in the Jim Crow South to discover that not one but three girls have vanished--two of whom are Black, and whose disappearances have gone uninvestigated outside their own community. She sets out to find them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, Mary is herself a \"missing girl.\" In another life, she was a Bennington College sophomore named Paula Jean Welden, who disappeared one night in 1946. The case captivated the nation's imagination, triggering front-page headlines, scores of dubious sightings, and a wave of speculation: Who was Paula Jean, really, and why had she disappeared? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Mary's search for the three missing girls intensifies, so do the glimpses of Paula Jean's other possible lives: She is a circus showgirl hiding from her past, a literary forger on the verge of being caught, a McCarthy-era informant in love with a woman she meets in a Communist cell. With the signals multiplying, the locals beginning to resent her presence, and threats coming from all sides, Mary wonders whether she can trust anyone--most of all herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a captivating mystery and a powerful thought experiment, \u003ci\u003eQuantum Girl Theory \u003c\/i\u003espins out a new way of seeing those who seem to disappear before our eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593133453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.12w x 0.71d","brand":"Erin Kate Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769666867381,"sku":"9780593133453","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb85ec25-f60f-4efa-a0ce-0d2c1a119412.jpg?v=1678834380","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/quantum-girl-theory-9780593133453","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}