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maryrobinson 's review for:
The Borrower
by Rebecca Makkai
I loved this subversive novel about a children’s librarian who kind of, sort of, accidentally runs away with a 10-year-old patron, who she admires and she strongly suspects is being abused at home, after she discovers him hiding out in the youth department one late evening. The precocious boy pretty much kidnaps librarian Lucy and they take off on a weird, funny, sad road trip – and you keep thinking, as does Lucy, how is she not going to prison and she is such a wonderful librarian! Edgy but also sweet and moving, dealing with issues of religion, parenting and gender identity.