{"product_id":"charmed-particles-paperback","title":"Charmed Particles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChrissy Kolaya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a fictional prairie town in which the two overarching industries are a living history facility and a laboratory for experiments in high-energy particle physics, \u003ci\u003eCharmed Particles\u003c\/i\u003e tells the intertwined stories of two families. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbhijat is a theoretical physicist from India now working at the National Accelerator Research Laboratory. His wife, Sarala, home with their young daughter, Meena, struggles to assimilate to their new American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeena's best friend at school is Lily, a precocious child prodigy whose father self-identifies as \"the last great gentleman explorer\" and whose mother, a local politician, becomes entangled in efforts to stop to the National Accelerator Research Laboratory's plans to build a new superconducting supercollider. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe conflict over the collider fractures the community and creates deep divides within the families of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChrissy Kolaya is a poet and fiction writer, the author of a collection of poems, \"Any Anxious Body.\" Her poems and short fiction have appeared in a number of anthologies and literary journals, including \"Chariton Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crazzyhorse, Iron Horse Literary Review,\" and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107251359879,"sku":"9781938103179","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/895659691002df15610be826cef17ed9.webp?v=1732453620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/charmed-particles-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}