{"product_id":"quantum-girl-theory-paperback","title":"Quantum Girl Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin Kate Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart detective novel, part ghost story, this brilliant debut asks a tantalizing question: \u003ci\u003eWhat really happens when a girl goes missing? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thrilling, many-faceted, gothic novel: Erin Kate Ryan's \u003ci\u003eQuantum Girl Theory\u003c\/i\u003e belongs in the same company as the work of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Garrett has a gift for finding missing girls, a special kind of clairvoyance she calls \"the sight.\" Lured by a poster and the promise of a reward, she arrives at a small town in the Jim Crow South to discover that not one but three girls have vanished--two of whom are Black, and whose disappearances have gone uninvestigated outside their own community. She sets out to find them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, Mary is herself a \"missing girl.\" In another life, she was a Bennington College sophomore named Paula Jean Welden, who disappeared one night in 1946. The case captivated the nation's imagination, triggering front-page headlines, scores of dubious sightings, and a wave of speculation: Who was Paula Jean, really, and why had she disappeared? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Mary's search for the three missing girls intensifies, so do the glimpses of Paula Jean's other possible lives: She is a circus showgirl hiding from her past, a literary forger on the verge of being caught, a McCarthy-era informant in love with a woman she meets in a Communist cell. With the signals multiplying, the locals beginning to resent her presence, and threats coming from all sides, Mary wonders whether she can trust anyone--most of all herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a captivating mystery and a powerful thought experiment, \u003ci\u003eQuantum Girl Theory \u003c\/i\u003espins out a new way of seeing those who seem to disappear before our eyes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Kate Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eVQR, Glimmer Train, The Normal School\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is a James Jones First Novel Fellow and a McKnight Artist Fellow. She holds an MFA in fiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars, where she was an Alumni Fellow. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her partner and found family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772519809312,"sku":"9780593133453","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20830adce43ec8ab40689e37fd5e93a6.webp?v=1780407596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/quantum-girl-theory-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}