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The Borrower
by Rebecca Makkai
I always figured that librarians, especially children’s librarians, were heroes to their patrons. Luci is Ian’s hero, although, in some ways, Ian is Luci's. Ian is 10, and has run away from gay conversion classes, and fundamentalist parents. He runs to the library, where Luci finds him. And so? They embark on a journey, although the end destination is vague. And the farther away they get, the more Luci realizes the trouble she could be in, and the trouble Ian is in. (Different troubles, for sure.) But in the end, she saves him. Although she does not believe she has.
“I no longer believe I can save people. I’ve tried and I've failed, and while I"m sure there are people out there with that particular gift, I’m not one of them. I make too much of a mess of things. But books, on the other hand, I still do believe that books can save you….l believed that books might save him, because I knew they had so far, and because I knew the people books had saved.”
“I no longer believe I can save people. I’ve tried and I've failed, and while I"m sure there are people out there with that particular gift, I’m not one of them. I make too much of a mess of things. But books, on the other hand, I still do believe that books can save you….l believed that books might save him, because I knew they had so far, and because I knew the people books had saved.”