{"product_id":"the-motion-of-puppets-paperback","title":"The Motion of Puppets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Donohue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Drew Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Child\u003c\/i\u003e Comes a Suspenseful Tale of Romance and Enchantment. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Keith Donohue's \u003ci\u003eMotion of Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e, Kay Harper falls in love with a puppet in the window of the Quatre Mains, a toy shop that is never open, in the Old City of Québec. She is spending her summer working as an acrobat with the cirque while her husband, Theo, is translating a biography of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Late one night, Kay fears someone is following her home. Surprised to see that the lights of the toy shop are on and the door is open, she takes shelter inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe next morning, Theo wakes up to discover his wife is missing. Under police suspicion and frantic at her disappearance, he obsessively searches the streets of the Old City. Meanwhile, Kay has been transformed into a puppet, and is now a prisoner of the back room of the Quatre Mains, trapped with an odd assemblage of puppets from all over the world who can only come alive between the hours of midnight and dawn. The only way she can return to the human world is if Theo can find her and recognize her in her new form. So begins a dual odyssey: of a husband determined to find his wife, and of a woman trapped in a magical world where her life is not her own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEITH DONOHUE\u003c\/b\u003e is an American novelist, the author of the national bestseller\u003ci\u003e The Stolen Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Angels of Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Centuries of June\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Drew Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e. He also writes reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Donohue has a PhD in English with a specialization in modern Irish literature and wrote the introduction to\u003ci\u003e Flann O'Brien: The Complete Novels\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Maryland.\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 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749326291232,"sku":"9781250141194","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3cb09e35f50a5b3f8814f094b1e53d6a.webp?v=1779929863","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-motion-of-puppets-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}