{"product_id":"avenue-of-mysteries-1","title":"Avenue of Mysteries","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAvenue of Mysteries\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Irving\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781451664164\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e480\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAvenue of Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, Juan Diego--a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico--has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what's coming--specifically, her own future and her brother's. Lupe is a mind reader; she doesn't know what everyone is thinking, but she knows what most people are thinking. Regarding what \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e happened, as opposed to what \u003ci\u003ewill, \u003c\/i\u003e Lupe is usually right about the past; without your telling her, she knows all the worst things that have happened to you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLupe doesn't know the future as accurately. But consider what a terrible burden it is, if you believe you know the future--especially your own future, or, even worse, the future of someone you love. What might a thirteen-year-old girl be driven to do, if she thought she could change the future? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but what travels with him are his dreams and memories; he is most alive in his childhood and early adolescence in Mexico. As we grow older--most of all, in what we remember and what we dream--we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAvenue of Mysteries \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of what happens to Juan Diego in the Philippines, where what happened to him in the past--in Mexico--collides with his future.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Avenue of Mysteries | John Irving | Hardcover | 9781451664164 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1774035","offer_id":49674434150552,"sku":"1774035","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81EPGNyX1QL.jpg?v=1786547030","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/avenue-of-mysteries-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}