{"product_id":"manhattan-beach-book-jennifer-egan-9781476716732","title":"Manhattan Beach","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e comes a sweeping historical novel set in the Depression-era and wartime New York, where a young woman's courage transforms her life on the Brooklyn Navy Yard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a Booklyn gangster who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ?Years later, America enters World War II and her father has disappeared. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \"Egan's first foray into historical fiction makes you forget you're reading historical fiction at all\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49605210439953,"sku":"GOR009322565","price":7.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49885659005201,"sku":"CIN1476716730G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49918246912273,"sku":"CIN1476716730A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49996176490769,"sku":"CIN1476716730VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476716730.jpg?v=1751405690","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/manhattan-beach-book-jennifer-egan-9781476716732","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}