{"product_id":"2940170081981","title":"The Dreamers: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep in this mesmerizing novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep amp;mdash; and doesn¿t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. When a second girl falls asleep, and then a third, Mei finds herself thrust together with an eccentric classmate as panic takes hold of the college and spreads to the town. A young couple tries to protect their newborn baby as the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. Two sisters turn to each other for comfort as their survivalist father prepares for disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose affected by the illness, doctors discover, are displaying unusual levels of brain activity, higher than has ever been recorded before. They are dreaming heightened dreams amp;mdash; but of what?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in luminous prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking and beautiful novel, startling and provocative, about the possibilities contained within a human life amp;mdash; if only we are awakened to them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098224509168,"sku":"2940170081981","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170081981_p0.jpg?v=1763701332","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170081981","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}