The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan

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The highly acclaimed debut novel f rom the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Good Squad follows two sisters in the 1970s —one lost, one seeking—on "a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain" ( The New Yorker ). The 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. This spellbinding novel introduced Egan’s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion. This 2007 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Paperback is in fair condition. Tanned and foxed. ISBN: 9780307387523 SKU: 1571397 This image is of the actual book. Show more