{"product_id":"gravity-is-the-thing-paperback","title":"Gravity Is the Thing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaclyn Moriarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I loved this book. . . . Funny, heartbreaking and clever with a mystery at its heart.\" --Jojo Moyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With an eye as keen for human idiosyncrasies as Miranda July's, and a sense of humor as bright and surprising as Maria Semple's, this is a novel of pure velocity.\" \u003cem\u003e--Publishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson's brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail of a self-help manual, the Guidebook, whose anonymous author promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Guidebook's missives have remained a constant in Abi's life--a befuddling yet oddly comforting voice through her family's grief over her brother's disappearance, a move across continents, the devastating dissolution of her marriage, and the new beginning as a single mother and café owner in Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, two decades after receiving those first pages, Abi is invited to an all-expenses paid weekend retreat to learn \"the truth\" about the Guidebook. It's an opportunity too intriguing to refuse. If Everything is Connected, then surely the twin mysteries of the Guidebook and a missing brother must be linked?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is completely the opposite of what Abi expected--but it will lead her on a journey of discovery that will change her life--and enchant readers. \u003cem\u003eGravity Is the Thing \u003c\/em\u003eis a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA frequently hilarious, brilliantly observed novel that follows a single mother's heartfelt search for greater truths about the universe, her family, and herself\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson's brother, Robert, went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday. 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If Everything Is Connected, then surely the twin mysteries of \u003cem\u003eThe Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e and her missing brother must be linked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is the complete opposite of what Abi expected--but it will lead her on a journey of discovery that will bring a disparate cast of characters into her life and change it forever. \u003cem\u003eGravity Is the Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA frequently hilarious, brilliantly observed novel that follows a single mother's heartfelt search for greater truths about the universe, her family, and herself\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson's brother, Robert, went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday. 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