{"product_id":"the-money-fairy-thanael-kanter-9798986446134","title":"The Money Fairy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs an eight-year-old in 2013, author Thanael Kanter was quite the chatterbox. His favorite way to start a sentence was with the word imagine . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a flying car with a holographic steering wheel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a dog collar that translates your dog's thoughts to words you can hear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanael had so many fantastic ideations to share that his mother (and co-author), Lucia, would have to remind him to take bites of his food at the dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a man who wakes up one morning and gold coins fall from his hair . . .\" Thanael mused to Lucia one autumn morning in 2013 over a bowl of already soggy Cheerios . . . and then he continued chattering his imaginings as Lucia listened . . . and began typing. Thus was born this whimsical and transcendent fable, \u003cem\u003eThe Money Fairy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the chimerical chronicle of an ambitious family man, Armando, in the \"Olden Times\" living a pleasant life in the fictional Italian Alps village of Cuor della Terra\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHe awakens one morning to gold coins tumbling from his hair . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a careening tall tale that whisks you from the Italian Alps to Paris to the Midwest of the United States and from Brazil to the craggy, breathtaking shores of Sicily-all in the span of a bedtime story (and with some time-travel and a dash of multiverse just for good measure). It \"breaks the fourth wall\" by directly addressing the reader and combines old-world folktale elements with contemporary references. It is an utterly enchanting journey that reminds us how magic all around us-\u003cem\u003eevery day\u003c\/em\u003e-is afoot!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​​​​​​​While the authors drop clues as to \"what's really going on,\" there's more than one answer (as in real life) to the mystery of the gold coins!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeet The Characters \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eArmando and his wife, Elisa\u003c\/strong\u003e: a content and industrious couple living in Cuor della Terra, Italy with their four children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eElisa's grandmother, Lucia: \u003c\/strong\u003e a tennis champion from Brazil (but before tennis was invented)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrancesco Bugatti: \u003c\/strong\u003e a Sicilian tennis champion who is challenged to a match by Lucia, and falls in love with her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMarco: \u003c\/strong\u003e Armando's brother, who has sailed across the ocean and lives in Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/strong\u003e: a friend of Marco's and the sixteenth president of the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGiuliano Cantore: \u003c\/strong\u003e a famous calendar savant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNatanieul Gutriey: \u003c\/strong\u003e a famous Parisian weaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ePuttifurbi\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e mythical gnomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prevailing question, \"dear reader,\" is: \u003cstrong\u003eCan you figure out \"what's really going on\"? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(wink, wink)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thanael Kanter, S. Lucia Kanter St Amour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8986446138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986446134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pactum Factum Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Thanael Kanter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130890481919,"sku":"9798986446134","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c99baa9-b9dd-4143-9256-abddc7ebc9c9.jpg?v=1687471836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-money-fairy-thanael-kanter-9798986446134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}