{"product_id":"vanished-paperback-9","title":"Vanished - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary McGarry Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist: A man, woman, and child are bound by a desperate need--and a terrible secret--in this suspenseful, \"astonishing\" novel (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aubrey Wallace is the kind of man no one notices. Dotty Johnson is the kind of woman no one can ignore. One afternoon, they both disappear from the small Vermont town where they live. The next day, two hundred miles away, a toddler is kidnapped from her Massachusetts home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the next five years, Aubrey, Dotty, and the kidnapped child\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eunited by a mix of strange love, desperate need, and the crime that brought them together\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eare trapped in a nomadic existence governed by their constant fear of discovery. Canny, the little girl, becomes Aubrey's entire existence. But Dotty wants out. She is tired of being saddled with this fearful man, and when she meets a brutal ex-convict, the wheels of Canny's return to her natural parents are wrenched fatally into motion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A dark, riveting tale about the impulses and weaknesses that underlie an evil act, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for both the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award, and marked the debut of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSongs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary McGarry Morris grew up in Vermont and now lives on the North Shore in Massachusetts. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1988 and was nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) was chosen by\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the \"Five Best Novels of the Year\" and was made into a motion picture starring Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Gabriel Byrne.\u003ci\u003e Songs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) was an Oprah's Book Club selection, which propelled it to the top of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for many weeks, and it was adapted for a TV movie starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges. Morris's other highly acclaimed works include the novels \u003ci\u003eFiona Range\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eA Hole in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), as well as the play \u003ci\u003eMTL: The Insanity File\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42116750246023,"sku":"9781504048125","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b762f119de7b20ba4aa06cbe121fdeb6.webp?v=1732518515","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/vanished-paperback-9","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}