{"product_id":"9781538030400","title":"Applied Quantum Entanglement","description":"Finding Emma changed everything.\u003cp\u003eWhen she was four years old, Emma was found in a park with little more than a note and Mister Nose, her floppy purple stuffed cat. Alone in the world with no family and no friends, what happened next is remarkable and thoroughly human: People connected with her, entangled their lives with hers, gave her strength, courage and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe traveled from abandonment to love to loneliness to joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe sank to the deepest depths of despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then she changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Applied Quantum Entanglement: The Story of a Girl\" is about how families form, how people affect each other, and about the meaning of belonging. A diverse group of characters emphasizes the unexpected nature of these human connections: A gay couple, an undocumented immigrant, a Russian soldier, a Hindu family, and others. The events of the story take place from 2009 through 2066. About half the story is set in India, the rest in New York and Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma's story shows her abandoned at age four, discovering love as a teenager, and unexpectedly becoming a mother herself at twenty. She gets trapped in a war zone with her baby and makes a life-altering decision. With the help of a snarky Russian soldier, she struggles to escape. And continues to struggle with what happened during the war for the rest of her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile books are not rated like movies, this is a PG-13 story with some language, non-explicit sex, war violence, brief ideation of suicide. Religious beliefs underlie some plot elements, but there is no proselytizing or advocacy for or against any religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to a physical phenomenon where widely separated particles mysteriously affect each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOOK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007126061296,"sku":"9781538030400","price":9.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781538030400_p0.jpg?v=1763746187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781538030400","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}