{"product_id":"the-imagined-life-hardcover","title":"The Imagined Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer, a taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father's friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve's childhood--his parents' legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father's past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, \u003ci\u003eThe Imagined Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one's parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW PORTER is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eThe Disappeared\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Light and Matter \u003c\/i\u003eand the novel \u003ci\u003eIn Between Days\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener\/Copernicus Fellowship, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His short story \"Angelo\" was selected by Celeste Ng for the \u003ci\u003e2025 Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e One Story, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, Narrative, The Southern Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand on public radio's \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently, he teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.7 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378956464230,"sku":"9780593538050","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ZJjVyaeOHE9780593538050.webp?v=1768912869","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-imagined-life-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}