{"product_id":"the-invisible-circus-9780307387523","title":"The Invisible Circus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly acclaimed debut novel f\u003cb\u003erom the \u003cb\u003ebestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Good Squad \u003c\/i\u003efollows\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e two sisters in the 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e--one lost, one seeking--on \"a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen, in 1978. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis spellbinding novel introduced Egan's remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307387523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.77d","brand":"Jennifer Egan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085460893877,"sku":"9780307387523","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_afa4b348-255a-4607-b13d-a953df5732d0.jpg?v=1765294214","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-invisible-circus-9780307387523","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}