{"product_id":"the-missing-world-paperback","title":"The Missing World - Paperback","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\u003eMargot Livesey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if--by a stroke of fortune--you could start afresh, could wipe away that catastrophic blunder in your past? And to what lengths would you go to establish that in fact you'd done nothing wrong at all? After an accident robs Hazel of three years' worth of memory, just such an opportunity is granted to her ex-boyfriend Jonathan. What follows in Margot Livesey's \u003ci\u003eThe Missing World\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant inverted love story: one man's desperate attempts to realize and rationalize a lie, and a woman's harrowing attempts to recognize the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the acclaimed Criminals comes a spellbinding new novel that confirms Margot Livesey's place \"right up there,\" as Liz Smith wrote in the \"Philadelphia Inquirer, \"in the realm of P. D. James and the esteemed Patricia Highsmith.\" \u003cbr\u003eWhat if -- by stroke of fortune -- you could start afresh, could wipe away that catastrophic blunder in your past? And to what lengths would you go to establish that in fact you'd done nothing wrong at all? After an accident robs Hazel of three years' worth of memory, just such an opportunity is granted to Jonathan, undone by his betrayal of this woman, whom he professes to love above all. While he begins to rewrite their history, two other misfits -- an American sojourner and a luckless English actress -- knock about London, each of them haunted by indelible memories they would much rather forget. Eventually their hopes of redemption draw them toward Jonathan's house, where Hazel has become a virtual prisoner . . . \u003cbr\u003eReplete with compelling characters and extravagantly plotted, The Missing World weaves together these separate quests for love and truth in a manner both thrilling and, ultimately, revealing about our imperfect lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargot Livesey\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of a story collection, \u003ci\u003eLearning by Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the novels \u003ci\u003eHomework, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCriminals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missing World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEva Moves the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurniture\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, an \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and a PEN\/Winship finalist. Born in Scotland, she currently lives in the Boston area, where she is writer in residence at Emerson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.26 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519478395187,"sku":"9780312424701","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YUQ0UHlOQWxpbDJ1Q1FqT0twWTdTQT09.webp?v=1760500462","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-missing-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}