{"product_id":"take-me-with-you-hardcover","title":"Take Me with You - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Rowley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy.\" --Catherine Newman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSandwich \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Wreck\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are all alien, even to the people who know us best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollege professor Jesse del Ruth has been abandoned. Thirty years into their relationship, Jesse witnesses his husband, Norman, get out of bed late one night, walk into their Joshua Tree backyard, step into a strange beam of light and . . . \u003ci\u003edisappear\u003c\/i\u003e. How could Norman desert him after a lifetime together? Where did he go? And, most confoundingly . . . will he ever return? Jesse knew they were both feeling stuck, longing for something they couldn't quite name. But was their rut so deep that Norman's only option was to leave Jesse behind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jesse struggles to understand Norman's disappearance, he tries to piece together his new reality. Is he expected to wait patiently for a partner who may never come back? Or is this an opportunity for reinvention? He is, after all, alone for the first time in his adult life. Should he return to the classroom? Put in a pool? Get a dog? Call his estranged mother? What does it mean to be alone when you've always been one half of a whole? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Norman's sister, Lally, lands on Jesse's doorstep with an urgent request, Norman's absence becomes even more profound. Add to Jesse's grief and confusion a conspiracy-theorist neighbor, a strange man following him, and suspicions that he may have had a hand in Norman's disappearance, and Jesse starts to crack under the pressure. With his husband missing and the world closing in, all eyes are on Jesse. Before he can understand how Norman could leave it all behind, Jesse must confront what it means to stay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTake Me With You, \u003c\/i\u003e Steven Rowley brings his resonant wit and emotional insight to an epic love story--an exploration of the forces that draw two people into the same orbit and the gravity that threatens to pull them apart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Rowley \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eLily and the Octopus, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; \u003ci\u003eThe Editor, \u003c\/i\u003e an NPR Best Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eThe Guncle, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor; and \u003ci\u003eThe Celebrants, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003eShow Read with Jenna book club pick\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His fiction has been translated into twenty languages. He resides in Palm Springs, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45132038734000,"sku":"9780593851494","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/i18ZFjPlq99780593851494.webp?v=1779904979","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/take-me-with-you-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}