Pre-order a SIGNED copy of Steven Rowley's new book, TAKE ME WITH YOU
We've sold THOUSANDS of copies of his novels, and this is his best yet.
Hey all,
As regular customers in the Palm Springs store will know, we are HUGE fans of Steven Rowley and his blockbuster novels, The Guncle, The Celebrants, Lily and the Octopus (etc etc etc).
At last count we’ve sold a little over TWO THOUSAND copies, combined, of his books.
And so it won’t surprise you to hear how excited we are that his latest masterpiece - TAKE ME WITH YOU - comes out next week.
The book just received a starred review from Booklist and (more importantly!) Sarah thinks it’s Steven’s best book yet…
College professor Jesse del Ruth has been abandoned. Thirty years into their relationship, Jesse witnesses his husband Norman wake up 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. 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? He is, after all, alone for the first time in his adult life. What does it mean to be alone when you’ve always been one half of a whole?
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 stranger 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.
Of course we have ordered a TON of copies for The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs and Steven has kindly agreed to come by and sign them all before he embarks on his national tour.
That’s right, Best Bookstore customers can get a SIGNED copy of Take Me With You before anyone else. And if you pre-order right now, we can even ask for it to be specially personalized (to you or someone else) at checkout.
Pre-order your signed copy here. (And, don’t worry, if you’ve already pre-ordered a copy, yours will be signed too.)
You are going to LOVE this novel just as much as we did.
Paul and Sarah
PS: Not in Palm Springs? We ship anywhere in the world - just order online via the Palm Springs store to get a signed copy. We’ll try to get signed copies for the Union Square store soon too!
PPS: Of course we also have copies of Steven’s first kids’ book, Our Guncle, available for pre-order too!