The Invisible Circus

ISBN: 0307387526

Author: Egan, Jennifer

Condition: Used

The highly acclaimed debut novel from 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 OConnor, 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 Faiths 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 Faiths lost generation.This spellbinding novel introduced Egans remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.