{"title":"Jennifer Egan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"manhattan-beach-jennifer-egan-paperback","title":"Manhattan Beach -- Jennifer Egan, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by NPR, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Time \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \"Egan's first foray into historical fiction makes you forget you're reading historical fiction at all\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476716749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Egan is the author of six previous books of fiction: \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Keep\u003c\/i\u003e; the story collection \u003ci\u003eEmerald City\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLook at Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award Finalist; and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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