{"product_id":"turbulence-hc","title":"Turbulence HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFlesh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a “masterful” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e), “cathartic” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Minneapolis), novel about twelve people, mostly strangers, and the surprising ripple effect each one has on the life of the next as they cross paths while in transit around the world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this “compelling” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), “crisp and clever” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) novel, Szalay’s diverse protagonists circumnavigate the planet in twelve flights, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers or estranged siblings, aging parents, baby grandchildren, or nobody at all. Along the way, they experience the full range of human emotions from loneliness to love and, knowingly or otherwise, change each other in one brief, electrifying interaction after the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with magic and economy, “Szalay explores the miraculous ability of our shared humanity to lift us from loneliness” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and delivers a dazzling portrait of the interconnectedness of the modern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52285581852903,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/51hjrtPJD8L.webp?v=1783465707","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/turbulence-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}