{"product_id":"the-imagined-life-9798217339808","title":"The Imagined Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer, a taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Packed with so much summer you can smell the chlorine of backyard pools and feel the sunscreen clinging to your skin.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e \"Ultimate Summer Reading List\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father's friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve's childhood--his parents' legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father's past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, \u003ci\u003eThe Imagined Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one's parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Large Print Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217339808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Andrew Porter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634773000373,"sku":"9798217339808","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_046be9f0-5550-4412-9dd8-6270cc9aa532.jpg?v=1756788850","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-imagined-life-9798217339808","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}