{"product_id":"manhattan-beachbooks","title":"Manhattan Beach","description":"\u003cb\u003e* Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* Winner of the New York City Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a\u003ci\u003e Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Fiction Book of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Novel of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* Winner of the \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top of the List for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Vogue, Esquire, Kirkus Reviews, Philadelphia Inquirer, BookPage, Bustle, Southern Living, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e St. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Immensely satisfying…an old-fashioned page-turner, tweaked by this witty and sophisticated writer…Egan is masterly at displaying mastery…she works a formidable kind of magic.” —Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‎Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father’s life, the reasons he might have vanished.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), “Egan’s first foray into historical fiction makes you forget you’re reading historical fiction at all” (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world.","brand":"Egan, Jennifer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction A-F )","offer_id":43794030461152,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_62620086-0180-4b52-aa75-066638f5fc52.jpg?v=1673463894","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/manhattan-beachbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}