{"title":"Mandel, Emily St. John","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"station-eleven-emily-st-john-mandel","title":"Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist) -- Emily St John Mandel, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAn audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse--the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. 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And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Emily St. John Mandel's bestselling new novel, \u003ci\u003eSea of Tranquility\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily St John Mandel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804172448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e174332 \/ Station Eleven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2015 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily St. John Mandel was born in British Columbia, Canada. She is the author of three previous novels--\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Montreal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Singer's Gun, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lola Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e--all of which were Indie Next picks. She is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2013\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVenice Noir.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in New York City with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandel, Emily St. John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43759065923812,"sku":"9780804172448","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9102_97COzL.jpg?v=1773843924"},{"product_id":"sea-of-tranquility-emily-st-john-mandel-paperback","title":"Sea of Tranquility -- Emily St John Mandel, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST SELLER - The award-winning, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, GoodReads \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal--an experience that shocks him to his core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She's traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. 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