{"product_id":"take-me-with-you-isbn-9780593851494","title":"Take Me with You","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe are all alien, even to the people who know us best.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Living • Book Riot • BookBub • Queerty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I reach for Steven Rowley's books when I need something that will mend my heart.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Rowley brings his resonant wit and emotional insight to an epic love story.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nerd Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] poignant, startling novel.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookBub\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious and heartwarming . . . \u003ci\u003eTake Me with You\u003c\/i\u003e explores the unexplainable gravitational pulls in our universes that bring us together and threaten to tear us apart.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eQueerty \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy.\" —\u003cb\u003eCatherine Newman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSandwich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A tender and thoughtful story about the bonds of romance and family, about the inevitability of bereavement and grief, about the strangeness and beauty of being alive. And of course \u003ci\u003eTake Me With You\u003c\/i\u003e is funny; it’s a book by Steven Rowley.\" —\u003cb\u003eRumaan Alam, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Beautiful, bittersweet, funny and wise. \u003ci\u003eTake Me with You\u003c\/i\u003e shines a hopeful light on life and love, loss and belonging. A gem.\" —\u003cb\u003eChris Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colors of the Dark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A wild premise and delightfully eccentric characters, but then suddenly—like one of those Magic Eye posters from the 90s—the whole novel resolves into a new level of focus and you are left with . . . beauty. Profundity. Grace. Rowley is a magician.\" —\u003cb\u003eRufi Thorpe, author of \u003ci\u003eMargo's Got Money Troubles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Rowley’s \u003ci\u003eTake Me with You\u003c\/i\u003e is a cosmic romp through the mysteries and challenges of long-term marriage. A screw-ball comedy that’s ultimately about rediscovering true love.\" —\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenney, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and winner of the Thurber Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Rowley has crafted a gem of a story: gorgeous, wise, replete with indelible characters, and aflame with empathy and warmth.\" —\u003cb\u003eJosh Duboff, author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Thirties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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. 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