| International Standard Book Number |
9781420531534
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| International Standard Book Number |
1420531530
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| Personal Name |
Rowley, Steven, author.
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| Title Statement |
Take me with you : a novel / Steven Rowley.
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| Edition Statement |
Large print edition.
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| Imprint |
©2026
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| Imprint |
[Waterville, ME] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
507 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
College 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 ... disappear. How could Norman desert him after a lifetime together? Where did he go? And, most confoundingly ... will he ever return? Jesse knew they were longing for something, both feeling stuck. But had Norman been so stuck that his only option was to leave Jesse behind? As 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? When 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.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grief Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Missing persons Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental health services Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Conspiracy theories Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-man relationships Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Abandoned husbands Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Joshua tree California Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Gay fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Queer fiction.
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