The Invisible Circus

In Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel set in 1978, eighteen-year-old Phoebe O'Connor grapples with the haunting memory of her sister Faith, an idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. Driven by the need to uncover the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe embarks on a journey from San Francisco to Europe, revealing complex and unsettling insights about family, love, and the lost generation of the 1960s. This spellbinding narrative showcases Egan's skill in weaving suspense with rich, deeply emotional characters.