false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171846467m/122986.jpg 122986 8 The high ideals and inevitable compromises of the 1960s form the background to this acclaimed novel by Jennifer Egan.Phoebe O'Connor, eighteen years old in the summer of 1978, is too young to know the 1960s, but old enough to feel the anxiety of their influence.She is obsessed by the memory of her charismatic older sister, Faith, a flower child who died in Italy in 1970.Searching for the truth about Faith's death and life, Phoebe retraces her steps across Europe to the very place where she died.Her search yields more complex and disturbing revelations than she had wished for-about her sister and the generation she emblematized. 3772 1995 The Invisible Circus total:438|5:2|4:4|3:4|2:0|1:0| 438 1525 620 59 5 1 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:45:36 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 12:29:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:26:10 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 22:38:48 -0700 2009
Her sister was a flower child and fell to her death from a cliff in an Italian seaside town. At the age of 18, Phoebe decides to pursue her ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:00:48 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 08:51:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon May 28 15:31:17 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 15:37:22 -0700 2007
In what turned out to be an extremely satisfying coming-of-age novel, she goes to find out w...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 20:05:34 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 07:55:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:38:51 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:45:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 16:25:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 21:37:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Dec 10 12:50:34 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 16:54:03 -0800 2007 Phoebe O'Conner, eighteen in the summer of 1978, is too young to have partaken of the riotous carnival of the sixties, but old en...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:36:58 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 09:08:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 12:46:35 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 09:04:00 -0700 2008
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Unfortunately, I found it hard to relate to the characters, and often found the main character to be completely annoying and just a big brat. I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 12:14:05 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 20:49:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:07:30 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:12:22 -0700 2009
My instincts were correct, this was a quick read with a few intriguing details: tied to the Haight, a little darkness, a little suspense and a believably conflicted main character. Text felt like an episode of Six ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 22 17:33:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 15:02:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 19:25:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:25:18 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 23:24:26 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 21:55:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 19 11:47:32 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 11:48:41 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 24 17:03:36 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 17:03:55 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=122986