{"product_id":"imagine-me-gone-pb","title":"Imagine Me Gone PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Margaret's fiancée, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans despite what she now knows of his condition, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eImagine Me Gone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic who makes sense of the world through parody. Over the span of decades, his younger siblings -- the savvy and responsible Celia and the ambitious and tightly controlled Alec -- struggle along with their mother to care for Michael's increasingly troubled and precarious existence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in alternating points of view by all five members of the family, this searing, gut-wrenching, and yet frequently hilarious novel brings alive with remarkable depth and poignancy the love of a mother for her children, the often inescapable devotion siblings feel toward one another, and the legacy of a father's pain in the life of a family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his striking emotional precision and lively, inventive language, Adam Haslett has given us something rare: a novel with the power to change how we see the most important people in our lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Haslett is one of the country's most talented writers, equipped with a sixth sense for characterization\"-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious and stirring . . . With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eImagine Me Gone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e , Haslett has reached another level.\"-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51715990323431,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/61AiF5zbdML._SL1491.jpg?v=1768341367","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/imagine-me-gone-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}