{"product_id":"the-secret-of-life-stephen-hawley-martin-9798591416515","title":"The Secret of Life: An Adventure Out of Body, Into Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1952, a young newspaper reporter believes her father is dying of an unexplained illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe doctors have no answers. His sudden collapse defies diagnosis. Yet in moments of delirium, he speaks of events from fifty years earlier-of a precise date, of people long dead, of a past he has never revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs his condition worsens, she begins to investigate the one thing her father always avoided: his early life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a desperate search for medical explanations turns into a journey across history and geography-from postwar Virginia to the Caribbean-uncovering a forgotten catastrophe that erased an entire city in minutes. The deeper she digs, the clearer the facts become-and the more fragile conventional explanations appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe evidence points backward in time.\u003cbr\u003eThe implications point somewhere far less comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in a real historical disaster and told through the lens of a determined journalist, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping novel of investigation, survival, and buried truth. It explores how memory, trauma, and identity can persist in ways reason alone cannot fully explain-without asking the reader to abandon reason itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about belief.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a story about what happens when belief is no longer optional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegant, suspenseful, and quietly provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Life\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to readers of historical fiction and literary mysteries who are drawn to novels that challenge assumptions and linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Hawley Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798591416515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d","brand":"Stephen Hawley Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089258688767,"sku":"9798591416515","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55325177-a81f-4265-b5f8-bc108ab25eca.jpg?v=1769109147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-of-life-stephen-hawley-martin-9798591416515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}