{"product_id":"the-vanishers-paperback","title":"The Vanishers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed novelist of \u003ci\u003eThe Folded Clock \u003c\/i\u003eand founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/i\u003emagazine comes a \"s\u003cb\u003eharp-eyed, sardonic, hilarious\"\u003c\/b\u003e novel (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e about grief, female rivalry, and the furious power of a daughter's love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Julia Severn is a talented student at an elite institute for psychics. When Julia's mentor, the legendary Madame Ackerman, grows jealous of her protégée's talents, she subjects Julia to the painful humiliation of reliving her mother's suicide . . . and then launches a desperate psychic attack. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Julia's gifts, though a threat to her teacher, prove an asset to others. Soon she's recruited to track down a missing person who might have a connection to her mother. As Julia sifts through ghosts and astral clues, everything she thought she knew about her mother is called into question, and she discovers that her ability to know the minds of others--including her own--goes far deeper than she ever imagined.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEIDI JULAVITS is the author of four critically acclaimed novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Enchantment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of Living Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace\u003c\/i\u003e) and co-editor, with Sheila Heti and Leanne Shapton, of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eWomen in Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. She's a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Manhattan, where she teaches at Columbia University. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.21 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764250018080,"sku":"9780307387363","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ce00e66abd0f98e293ea9819e2e1d2c.webp?v=1780246823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-vanishers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}