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The Invisible Circus

In Jennifer Egan`s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O`Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith`s life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith`s lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced Egan`s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.