The Borrower
By Rebecca Makkai
Penguin Publishing Group
My second Makkai read, this one is the story of a lonely librarian, Lucy, who pays too close attention to a young boy who appears to at odds with his fundamentalist parents. And she wants to help, despite pleas from everyone around her to leave the situation alone. So when she discovers the kid sleeping in the library one night, she packs him up in his car and the two take an unplanned journey across the Midwest and New England, and learn a lot about themselves along the way—with a few obstacles thrown in, naturally. A great read and not your typical road trip novel.