{"product_id":"we-disappear-a-novel-isbn-9780061468971","title":"We Disappear: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is a mystery concerning the identity of a teenage boy and the people he draws into his web of half-truths. . . . It’s not hyperbole to suggest that \u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is the eeriest Kansas-set story since Truman Capote’s \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e.\" — Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark and compelling\u003cbr\u003enovel of addiction, obsession, love, and family from the acclaimed author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMysterious Skin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body of a teenage boy is\u003cbr\u003ediscovered in a Kansas field. The murder haunts Donna—a recent widow battling\u003cbr\u003ecancer—calling forth troubling details from long-suppressed memories of her\u003cbr\u003epast. Hoping to discover more about \"disappeared\" people, she turns\u003cbr\u003eto her son, Scott, who is fighting demons of his own. Addicted to methamphetamines\u003cbr\u003eand sleeping pills, Scott is barely holding on—though the chance to help his\u003cbr\u003emother in her strange and desperate search holds out a slim promise of some\u003cbr\u003esmall salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what he finds is a boy named\u003cbr\u003eOtis handcuffed in a secret basement room, and the questions that arise seem\u003cbr\u003etoo disturbing even to contemplate. With his mother's health rapidly\u003cbr\u003edeteriorating, Scott must surrender to his own obsession, and unravel Otis's\u003cbr\u003eunsettling connections to other missing teens . . . and, ultimately, to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe body of a teenage boy is discovered in a Kansas field. The murder haunts Donna—a recent widow battling cancer—calling forth troubling details from long-suppressed memories of her past. Hoping to discover more about \"disappeared\" people, she turns to her son, Scott, who is fighting demons of his own. Addicted to methamphetamines and sleeping pills, Scott is barely holding on—though the chance to help his mother in her strange and desperate search holds out a slim promise of some small salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what he finds is a boy named Otis handcuffed in a secret basement room, and the questions that arise seem too disturbing even to contemplate. With his mother's health rapidly deteriorating, he must surrender to his own obsession, and unravel Otis's unsettling connections to other missing teens . . . and, ultimately, to Scott himself.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Strange and luminous, this fascinating thriller tackles questions of identity, illness, and trauma….Taut and beautifully clear, the writing at times recalls that of Paul Auster.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a more mature, subtle creation, ambitious in every thread it weaves.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortland Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is really about identity and personality, about our constant struggle to know who we are, and about how easy it can be to lose our grip on reality when we try to alter our memories. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is a mystery concerning the identity of a teenage boy and the people he draws into his web of half-truths. . . . As always, the care Heim takes with language elevates his material above the tawdry and closer to the sublime. . . . It’s not hyperbole to suggest that We Disappear is the eeriest Kansas-set story since Truman Capote’s \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Scott Heim has taken contemporary gay literature to new highs. His follow-up to \u003cem\u003eMysterious Skin\u003c\/em\u003e is an equally dark and disturbing tale of innocence lost. . . One part mystery, three parts character study, \u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e will keep you guessing until its shocking conclusion.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZink Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A haunting and heartbreaking read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eV Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stripped of overt gay sexuality but brimming with seductive prose, \u003cem\u003eWe Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderfully strange and compelling novel that ought to appeal to straight and gay readers alike.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCAMP Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Suspenseful . . . \u003cem\u003eWe Disappear \u003c\/em\u003eis honest, and thus more troubling, for it reflects the stark knowledge that truth is only an amalgam of experience, a collection of individual shards that don’t coalesce into a pleasing whole. As Heim suggests, the search for truth invites the Hansels and Gretels of the world to follow the wrong adult home, the Alices to peer down the rabbit hole—and fantasy to cover up the nasty grime of reality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887726063845,"sku":"NP9780061468971","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061468971.jpg?v=1730227326","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/we-disappear-a-novel-isbn-9780061468971","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}