{"product_id":"life-out-of-order-standard-edition-original","title":"Life Out of Order (Standard Edition) (Original)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A graceful, complicated, satisfying metafiction, it takes on the biggest issues of our times without flincing.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e-Bonnie Garmus, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cem\u003eLife Out of Order\u003c\/em\u003e is ambitious and inventive, a truly original book that whisks readers away on a time-bending whirlwind through the deeply human experiences of love, loss, self-discovery, and finding our way through a world that is constantly changing around us.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--Nikki Erlick, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Measure\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Poppy Fields\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Can a novel be both intimate and epic? Utopian and dystopian? Old fashioned in the best way and utterly contemporary? In the case of Audrey Niffenegger's \n\u003cem\u003eLife Out of Order\u003c\/em\u003e, the answer is yes, yes, yes. She engages with the large questions of our anthropocene era \n\u003cstrong\u003e, yet her characters, tumbling through time, are so real, I'm hoping they'll appear in my kitchen\u003c\/strong\u003e. I can't stop thinking about this marvelous novel.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e-Margot Livesey, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy and The Road from Belhaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Time Traveler's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"[This] inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Dreamy and dark... I got trapped inside the magic of its pages.\" - \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Niffenegger plays ingeniously in her temporal hall of mirrors.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A literary sensation.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e-NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A soaring celebration of the victory of love over time.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Haunting... 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The setting, the city of Chicago, is luminous.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"As if love weren't complicated enough, debut author Niffenegger dreams up a happy couple plagued by a peculiar problem...It is to Niffenegger's credit that she avoids cheap shots and develops her innovative concept in some exceptionally strange and witty ways.\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"GRACEFUL, COMPLICATED, SATISFYING.\" -BONNIE GARMUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo great loves. A world in chaos. And a life that never lands in order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the highly anticipated new novel from Audrey Niffenegger, which can be read on its own or as a companion to her multi-million copy bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Time Traveler's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAlba DeTamble has never lived a life in order. Born with the same rare Chrono-Displacement Disorder as her father, Henry DeTamble, Alba is an involuntary time traveler: she slips unpredictably through decades, carrying the weight of a future she can witness but cannot change. Yet she strives to maintain a normal life: as a gifted violinist, Alba finds refuge in her music, as well as her tight-knit community of artists and activists who fight to take care of each other in an increasingly unstable world. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAs she dips in and out of time, Alba is haunted by secrets she must keep from those she loves most, including Zach, her safe, supportive anchor in the chaos. Her journey takes her from the riot-torn Chicago streets, to the eerie, timeless \"Yellow House\" - where she meets Oliver, a handsome fellow time traveler - to the digital corridors of the Museum of Lost Souls, a virtual sanctuary of forgotten memories and lost artifacts. 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