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The Borrower

The Borrower

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Publication Date: June 9th, 2011
Publisher:
HighBridge Audio
ISBN:
9781611744460
Pages:
0

A 26-year-old children's librarian, Lucy Hull, allows herself to be 'kidnapped' by one of her precocious 10-year-old patrons, a boy intent on running away from home. The pair end up on a hilarious road trip that ping-pongs them across the Midwest and out to the East Coast. Makkai's writing is sharp and funny, and book lovers will enjoy the many references to well-known titles, from echoes of the road trip in Lolita to a chapter that is structured like a Choose Your Own Adventure story. What a wonderful, assured, and original debut!

Shuchi Saraswat, Titcomb's Bookshop, East Sandwich, MA
June 2011 Indie Next List