{"product_id":"kara-was-here-paperback","title":"Kara Was Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Conescu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad Mitchell's life is falling apart. His marriage is in limbo. The woman he thought he would marry, Kara, died from an overdose. An old friend keeps trying to convince him that Kara was actually murdered. And he has started to see double. Literally. When Kara--or, rather, her ghost--returns to Brad, his past and present blur into a fog. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKara Was Here\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a failed actress whose life and sudden death are only partially understood; her teenage sister, Gwen, who starts taking dangerous steps into Kara's secret world; Kara's college friend, Margot, who went from being the football team's sexy secret weapon to the solitary proprietress of a baked goods business; and Kara's one-time lover, Brad, who stands with one foot in the past and one foot in an increasingly uncertain future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spirit of Clare Messud's \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Children\u003c\/i\u003e or Hannah Pittard's \u003ci\u003eThe Fates Will Find Their Way\u003c\/i\u003e, Conescu's novel is at once a mystery about the dangers of aging into adulthood, an exploration of truth and perception, and a story about the ways we keep those we love with us--the people we've lost, the people we no longer see, and the people we used to be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Conescu\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York and raised in New Orleans. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an MFA in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eKara Was Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeing Written\u003c\/i\u003e, and his short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Conescu and his family live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.07 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47330638954745,"sku":"9781593765330","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Nq11CkwJBI9781593765330.webp?v=1769606404","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kara-was-here-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}