{"product_id":"invention-of-everything-else-book-samantha-hunt-9780618801121","title":"The Invention of Everything Else","description":"Full of vivid imagery, sounds, memories, and dreams, this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the moment Louisa first catches sight of the strange man who occupies a forbidden room on the thirty-third floor, she is determined to befriend him. Unbeknownst to Louisa, he is Nikola Tesla inventor of AC electricity and wireless communication and he is living out his last days at the Hotel New Yorker. Winning his attention through a shared love of pigeons, she eventually uncovers the story of Tesla's life as a Serbian immigrant and a visionary genius: as a boy he built engines powered by June bugs, as a man he dreamed of pulling electricity from the sky. The mystery deepens when Louisa reunites with an enigmatic former classmate and faces the loss of her father as he attempts to travel to the past to meet up with his beloved wife. Before the week is out, Louisa must come to terms with her own understanding of love, death, and the power of invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Remarkable . . . It is a rare thing for a writer to conjure belief and true understanding, but with \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Everything Else\u003c\/i\u003e, Samantha Hunt has accomplished exactly that.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dazzling.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ingenious.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Borders Original Voices Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Samantha Hunt is the author of the acclaimed first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 2006 won a National Book Foundation award for writers under thirty-five. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794619703569,"sku":"CIN061880112XG","price":4.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50030927413521,"sku":"GOR008246929","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50779096088849,"sku":"CIN061880112XVG","price":4.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323808252177,"sku":"CIN061880112XLN","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108375195921,"sku":"GOR004466081","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/061880112X.jpg?v=1751136441","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/invention-of-everything-else-book-samantha-hunt-9780618801121","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}