{"product_id":"the-borrower-9780143120957","title":"The Borrower","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as \u003ci\u003eThe Borrower\u003c\/i\u003e. --Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Hull, a children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. Ian needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes. Desperate to save him from the Drakes, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by Ian when she finds him camped out in the library after hours, and the odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy be trying to save a boy from his own parents?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5607230\"\u003eRebecca Makkai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143120956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Makkai's stories have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2008, 2009\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e2010\u003c\/i\u003e, and have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e. Makkai teaches elementary school and lives north of Chicago with her husband and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682572964077,"sku":"9780143120957","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4fc19567-0670-47f0-9b82-e83f18b20589.jpg?v=1649724630","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-borrower-9780143120957","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}