The Invisible Circus, Paperback

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In Jennifer Egan s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O Connor, age eighteen. 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.""