{"product_id":"the-book-borrower-by-alice-mattison","title":"The Book Borrower by Alice Mattison","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:40px;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e: On the first page of \u003cem\u003eThe Book Borrower\u003c\/em\u003e, Toby Ruben and Deborah Laidlaw meet in 1975 in a city playground, where the two women are looking after their babies. Deborah lends Toby a book, Trolley Girl—a memoir about a long-ago trolley strike and three Jewish sisters, one a fiery revolutionary-that will appear, disappear, and return throughout the years in which the women are friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:40px;\" class=\"\"\u003eThrough two decades Deborah and Toby raise their chidren, embark on teaching careers, and argue about politics, edu-cation, and their own lives. One day during a hike, they have an argument that cannot be resolved-and the two women take different, permanent paths-but it is ultimately the borrowed book that will bring them back together. With sensitivity and grace, Alice Mattison shows how books can rescue us from our deepest sorrows; how the events of the outside world play into our private lives; and how the bonds between women are enduring, mysterious, and laced with surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53587739476340,"sku":"SQ9842391","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/p0aw04-6u.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-borrower-by-alice-mattison","provider":"ObCollectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}