{"product_id":"the-beautiful-unseen","title":"The Beautiful Unseen","description":"At age thirty, Kyle Boelte finds himself living in San Francisco, where the summer fog blows inland off the ocean and the landscape changes moment to moment. Amidst this ever-changing sea of fog, Boelte struggles to remember his brother Kris, who committed suicide in the family's Denver home when Boelte was just thirteen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this impressive debut, Boelte sets up a dual narrative: one investigates San Francisco's climate to explain the science behind the omnipresent fog; another explores Boelte's memory as well as letters, notes, newspaper articles, and other artifacts that tell the story of his brother's short life and eventual suicide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving a complex and engaging story from personal, historical and environmental threads, Boelte's search for meaning takes him to a range of unexpected places: from San Francisco Bay circa 1901, when fog was responsible for routinely sinking steamships, to a cavernous medical library where he studies the grim details of asphyxiation and death by hanging; from the redwood forests where scientists are now learning about fog's ability to sustain life, to a beat-up cardboard box containing memories of his long-dead brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a meditation on experiencing loss at an early age as it is a study","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50020765303034,"sku":"9781619024588","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_e5310cad-014e-4c6b-858e-f1ade375b26e.jpg?v=1786137054","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/the-beautiful-unseen","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}