{"product_id":"the-imagined-life-by-andrew-porter","title":"The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter (HC)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer, a taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father’s friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve’s childhood—his parents’ legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father’s past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Imagined Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one’s parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A poignant, achingly beautiful story of human love, and the lengths we’ll go to for those we care for.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating portrait. . . . Like Richard Yates, Porter writes in a style that is lucid and unadorned. . . . He is less caustic than Yates, and more forgiving; generosity, rather than contempt, is the animating impulse.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eRand Richards Cooper, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cathartic. . . . Porter deftly combines a bildungsroman with the story of a midlife crisis.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover Edition\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Knopf\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0593538050\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45072572252368,"sku":null,"price":1455.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/81SXE_Ueh5L._SL1500.jpg?v=1784431572","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/the-imagined-life-by-andrew-porter","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}