"The best stories change you. I am not the same after The Vanishing Act as I was before.”—Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus
On a small snow-covered island—so tiny that it can’t be found on any map—lives twelve-year-old Minou, her philosopher Papa (a descendent of Descartes), Boxman the magician, and a clever dog called No-Name. A year earlier Minou’s mother left the house wearing her best shoes and carrying a large black umbrella. She never returned.
One morning Minou finds a dead boy washed up on the beach. Her father decides to lay him in the room that once belonged to her mother. Can her mother’s disappearance be explained by the boy? Will Boxman be able to help find her? Minou, unwilling to accept her mother’s death, attempts to find the truth through Descartes’ philosophy. Over the course of her investigation Minou will discover the truth about loss and love, a truth that The Vanishing Act conveys in a voice that is uniquely enchanting.
Genre: Literary Fiction
On a small snow-covered island—so tiny that it can’t be found on any map—lives twelve-year-old Minou, her philosopher Papa (a descendent of Descartes), Boxman the magician, and a clever dog called No-Name. A year earlier Minou’s mother left the house wearing her best shoes and carrying a large black umbrella. She never returned.
One morning Minou finds a dead boy washed up on the beach. Her father decides to lay him in the room that once belonged to her mother. Can her mother’s disappearance be explained by the boy? Will Boxman be able to help find her? Minou, unwilling to accept her mother’s death, attempts to find the truth through Descartes’ philosophy. Over the course of her investigation Minou will discover the truth about loss and love, a truth that The Vanishing Act conveys in a voice that is uniquely enchanting.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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"The best books change you. I am not the same after The Vanishing Act as I was before." - Erin Morgenstern
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September 2012 : USA Hardback
September 2012 : Canada Hardback
Title: The Vanishing Act
Author(s): Mette Jakobsen
ISBN: 1-4434-0983-9 / 978-1-4434-0983-4 (Canada edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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September 2012 : Hardback
Title: The Vanishing Act
Author(s): Mette Jakobsen
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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June 2013 : USA Paperback
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June 2012 : UK Paperback
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June 2013 : USA Audio edition
Title: The Vanishing Act: A Novel
Author(s): Mette Jakobsen
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September 2012 : Canada Kindle edition
Title: The Vanishing Act
Author(s): Mette Jakobsen
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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September 2012 : USA Kindle edition
Title: The Vanishing Act: A Novel
Author(s): Mette Jakobsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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August 2012 : UK Kindle edition
June 2011 : Australia Kindle edition