{"product_id":"imagine-me-gone","title":"Imagine Me Gone","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously intimate story of a family facing the ultimate question: how far will we go to save the people we love the most?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagine Me Gone\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Haslett is one of the country's most talented writers, equipped with a sixth sense for characterization\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ambitious and stirring ... With\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Imagine Me Gone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Haslett has reached another level.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004987584701,"sku":"BS-TC0-261333","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780316261333-HD.jpg?v=1786931741","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/imagine-me-gone","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}