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The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
By Eithne Farry on Monday 18 July 2011
A librarian and book-obsessed boy take to the road in an escape from their futures.
The library is Ian Drake’s
refuge. His evangelical mother has enrolled him in weekly
anti-gay classes and restricted his book choices to godly ones. Librarian Lucy Hall finds herself an unwitting kidnapper when ten-year-old Ian absconds from home and the pair go on the run in Lucy’s beaten-up old car. Nauseous from junk food and guilt, they embark on an adventure that takes in Lucy’s Russian relations, an inconvenient boyfriend, motels and ferrets. The Borrower’s out-and-out charm is heightened by its furious, righteous heart and conviction that books offer salvation and hope when life is messy and near-unbearable.
Reviewed by Eithne Farry
Review by Eithne Farry
Release date: Monday 18 July 2011
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