{"product_id":"the-hitch","title":"The Hitch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-content-header\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Winningly zany . . . [Levine’s] commitment to boinging around the loopy little world she’s built is total. Only a killjoy would refuse to join her.”—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the cult classic \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island!!!\u003c\/em\u003e, a delightfully unhinged comedy following a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously rational world\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSara Levine debuted with her outrageously original and unforgettable novel \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island!!!\u003c\/em\u003e, which became a cult classic and bookseller favorite. With the ferocious absurdity of Rachel Yoder’s \u003cem\u003eNightbitch\u003c\/em\u003e and the inventive comedy of Kevin Wilson’s \u003cem\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/em\u003e, Levine’s highly anticipated second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Hitch\u003c\/em\u003e, follows a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously rational world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an antiracist, secular Jewish feminist eco-warrior, Rose Cutler is convinced she knows the right way to do everything, including parent her six-year-old nephew Nathan. When his parents reluctantly agree to let Rose babysit him while they go on a vacation designed to save their marriage, she is determined to follow their rules and not overstep. But on her first day with Nathan, Rose’s beloved Newfoundland attacks and kills a corgi at the park and Nathan starts acting strangely: barking, overeating, talking to himself. Rose believes this is how Nathan’s child imagination is coping with the dog’s death, but Nathan insists the dog isn’t dead; her soul leaped into his body, and now she’s living inside him. With only a week left before his parents return, Rose races to banish the corgi from her nephew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn off-kilter comedy about loneliness, bad boundaries, and the exacting nature of unconditional love, \u003cem\u003eThe Hitch\u003c\/em\u003e is a big-hearted novel that exposes the fault lines of our pieties and asks how far a person should stretch to fit into their own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Hitch:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Book of the Day\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Indie Next Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Her writing voice, sardonic, breezy, chimes with Joy Williams and Donald Barthelme, but it’s hard not to hear \u003cem\u003eCurb Your Enthusiasm\u003c\/em\u003e and even \u003cem\u003eThe Office\u003c\/em\u003e — that nexus where unraveling people lacking self-awareness stumble across empathy”\u003cstrong\u003e—Christopher Borrelli, \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[A] careful character study set to absurd proportions, delivering dark, deadpan humor that always lands. Sara Levine is utterly brave in her commitment to these fascinating and flawed characters. I absolutely adored reading this novel.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Welch, \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An incredible writer. [Levine] embraces oddity, and is relentlessly committed to telling her stories exactly how she wants to tell them. Every word of every sentence is a pleasure to behold.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Roxane Gay, \u003cem\u003eThe Audacity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roxane Gay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385010602242,"sku":"9780802165923","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/thehitch.jpg?v=1771564202","url":"https:\/\/stlartsupply.mom\/products\/the-hitch","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}