The Borrower

The Borrower

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Lucy Hull, a young children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy’s help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes. When Lucy finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a backpack of provisions and an escape plan, she allows herself to be hijacked by him and the pair embark on a spontaneous road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy really be trying to save a boy from his own parents?

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Weight 0.235 kg
Dimensions 2.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Pages

336
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Year Published

2012-7-5
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099538121
About The Author

Rebecca Makkai’s stories have been anthologised in the Best American Short Stories 2010, 2009, and 2008, and have appeared in Tin House, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, and on Public Radio's Selected Shorts. The Borrower is her first novel. She lives north of Chicago with her husband and two daughters. For more information visit Rebecca’s website: http://www.rebeccamakkai.com

The heightening tension throughout their haphazard road trip from Missouri to Vermont is exhilarating… This astonishingly assured novel knows precisely where it's heading … the reader is breathless with hope that Lucy and Ian will find a happy ending.
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A tale of the inspirational power of children's books…The Borrower is a tremendously entertaining read.

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