{"product_id":"the-borrower-paperback","title":"The Borrower - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Makkai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rarely 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Makkai\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Borrower\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the short story collection \u003ci\u003eMusic for Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694967361599,"sku":"9780143120957","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/88f7d08675a5199f255ccda907434cec.webp?v=1765002416","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-borrower-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}