{"product_id":"the-fountain-9780063393400","title":"The Fountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Casey Scieszka's debut novel is absolutely delicious, like \u003ci\u003eTuck Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e for grown-ups. The premise is so good--an immortal woman's search for the fountain of youth--that the writing, crisp and funny, feels like an extra treat. An excellent debut.\"--Emma Straub, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThis Time Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A small-town mystery with a dash of historical fiction and romance, this book is perfect for readers of V. E. Schwab's \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA propulsive and deeply moving novel about eternity and mortality that asks what it would mean to live forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVera Van Valkenburgh hasn't been home in one hundred and eighty-eight years. But now Vera, forever twenty-six and able to heal from any wound, has returned to the Catskills. Whatever made her family immortal happened here, and if she can uncover it, maybe she can reverse it. After nearly two centuries--an endless sequence of unnoticed, meaningless lives and a soul-shaking incident in the desert--she longs to be released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePosing as a newly arrived forest ranger, she quickly blends into the upstate community and learns of something curious and disturbing. A mysterious, well-funded company is snapping up local property, no matter how high the asking price. But when her brother, a fellow immortal shows up, accompanied by a woman whose face is incredibly familiar to Vera, the purpose for her return gets clouded and Vera is in a race against time to find out what has caused her condition before someone else does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending the spectacular with the everyday in a tale filled with humor and warmth, \u003ci\u003eThe Fountain\u003c\/i\u003e explores what gives life meaning and how our understandings of our histories shape--and cage--us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Casey Scieszka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.07w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063393400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScieszka, Casey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasey Scieszka\u003c\/strong\u003e is a born and raised Brooklynite who has lived in Beijing, San Francisco, Fez, and Timbuktu where she was a Fulbright Scholar. In 2013 she and her husband, artist Steven Weinberg, moved to the Catskill Mountains and opened the Spruceton Inn: a Catskills Bed \u0026amp; Bar, which runs an annual Artist Residency hosting world-renowned painters, bestselling authors, and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Casey Scieszka \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47754054664349,"sku":"9780063393400","price":49.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_adc26c4c-cfdf-4f06-80c8-3990cbad39f5.jpg?v=1774332175","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-fountain-9780063393400","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}