{"product_id":"the-book-borrower-9780061153020","title":"The Book Borrower","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the day they first meet in a city playground, Deborah Laidlaw lends Toby Ruben a book called \u003cem\u003eTrolley Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, the memoir of a forgotten trolley strike in the 1920s, written by the sister of a fiery Jewish revolutionary who played an important, ultimately tragic role in the events. Young mothers with babies, Toby and Deborah become instant friends. It is a relationship that will endure for decades--through the vagaries of marriage, career, and child-rearing, through heated discussions of politics, ethics, and life--until an insurmountable argument takes the two women down divergent paths. But in the aftermath of crisis and sorrow, it is a borrowed book, long set aside and forgotten, that will unite Toby and Deborah once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMattison, Alice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlice Mattison is the award-winning author of four story collections and five novels, including \u003cem\u003eNothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches fiction in the graduate writing program at Bennington College in Vermont and lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409437135122,"sku":"9780061153020","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8afabf57-7afd-41ae-a9c6-1c6906ee3d76.jpg?v=1729287434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-borrower-9780061153020","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}